How much is $22.5 billion? Our government could buy over 150 shiny new F-35s. Or it could fund the entire public school system for a quarter of the year. Instead, it spent it repairing rusting-away boats, planes, and tanks. Ugh.Why that's almost as much as we spend on air conditioning in countries we currently occupy.
Meanwhile,
Canada's entire military budget in 2009 was $21,800,000,000.Yeah, but they have to spend all that money (still far less than we do btw) on providing all of their citizens with medical care.