What A Large Slice Of $782 Billion A Year Could Do For American Efficiency
There is a huge unrealized peace dividend for efficiency. We could capitalize on that.
Earlier this month, The Arms Control Association released its analysis of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed and signed by President Biden last December. The total budget allocated to the department of defense was $768 billion for this fiscal year, setting a new record. In comparison, the budget for the Department of Energy was $49 billion for the same year. We spent 15 times more money on defense than on energy sources or efficiency.
I think we have our priorities just a little bit in the wrong direction.
The Center for Strategic Studies had this to say about the goals of the defense budget for the fiscal year 2023:
These goals, however, are filled with buzzwords that could be used to justify virtually any U.S. defense program and budget.
I have to wonder if anyone outside of the defense department can tell us with confidence, what the goals of the defense budget really are. Sure, we could say that we want to “contain” Russia and China, but judging by the present war, that goal isn’t really working out. I don’t think the war was planned by anyone who…
