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Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:00 AM

The financial costs of war

Bush's bogus arguments about defense spending fall apart under scrutiny.
Steve Benen

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  • Thursday, April 10, 2008 02:55 PM

    Numbers appear to be adjusted

    Those numbers are already clearly adjusted for inflation. The DoD budget in 1951/52 was 54/57B. If the comparison wasn't inflation-adjusted it wouldn't be a 14% diference, it would be 1000% diference.

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