Let’s talk who is getting rich…from war…

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Let’s run some numbers of what is happening in the US since 1989 (the start of latest round of endless war)…

 

 

Oil futures prices –
Top 3 US defense contractor’s stock prices –

Summary –

Now let’s do some summarizing and comparing 1989 (latest start of endless wars) – 2025 (after the attack on Iran):

  1. Oil Price up 392%
  2. Defense Contractor Avg Stock price up 4457%
  3. US Defense Department budget up 264%
  4. Amount of income US govt took from US taxpayers up 233%
  5. US National Debt up 1323%
  6. US National Debt to GDP ratio up 148% (current debt is 124% of GDP, anything over 100% is considered a very dangerous economic situation)

So who is getting rich from all these wars…endless wars?

Let’s summarize who exactly benefits from the US Government’s love of, and lust for, war:

  • Oil Companies
  • Defense Contractors
  • US Defense Department (and their boss)
  • US Congress

Oh, wait…according to definition…those four make up the majority of the Military-Industrial Complex. Imagine that!

Come on…just because 26,000 people work at the Pentagon shouldn’t bother you…and the fact it is the 2nd largest office building in the world. Somebody has to do all that planning for which war to start next and which country is next on the invasion list. Odd though…we lost in Iraq, we lost in Afghanistan…ah, come think of it, we haven’t won a war since WWII…80 years ago.

No problem…hire more folks for the Pentagon!!! Now there’s the answer. Wait just a minute…what?

Let’s do a little bit bigger picture summary; in the last 35 years:

  • US government takes 233% more money out of the pockets of US taxpayers
  • US government puts the country further in debt by 1323%
  • US government puts our entire economy in jeopardy at a staging pace of 148%

And during that same time period:

  • The US middle class (% of income) has shrunk by 14pts (57% to 43% of US population)
  • The US lower class (% of income) has increased by 11%
  • The US upper class (% of income) has increased by 10pts (38% to 48% of US population)
  • Average household income up 70%
  • Inflation up 160%.
  • Average house price up more than 5 times of the average household income increase

Well, well, well…that means; 1) lower class population in increasing, 2) middle class population is decreasing, 3) the upper class is increasingly rich, 4) income rose by less then 1/2 the rate of inflation. Summary: the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer…while the middle class continues to disappear since 1970.

Oh, and house prices are increasing 7 times faster than household income…yeah, more and more people can’t afford a home and more people are becoming homeless. Oh, and paychecks only going 1/2 as far. Hummmmm….

But here is the one stat that should stagger you, while breaking your heart…Since 2001 more than 120,000 US military veterans have died by suicide, double the rate in 1989. The veteran suicide rate is now between 30 – 40 vets per day committing suicide. Why do you think that is? What does that make you feel deep in your soul?

So how is that US government and the endless wars working out for us?????

So what country do we bomb next? And let’s figure out what country to invade next. Yeah!!!!! USA, USA, USA, USA…

Yup, the US loves war…we lust for it like meth and crack addicts. And we spend money we don’t have…by the 10’s of trillions to satisfy all that war…all that death and destruction. How sad. How pathetic.

And what just might be wrong with us???

  • In 1989 85% of the US population identified at Christian.
  • In 2024 that number had dropped to 68% of the US population identified at Christian.

I guess the facts speak for themselves…pretty plain to see as far as I am concerned.

And we keep sending back the same old bullshit politicians to Washington election after election. And I mean ALL of them!

We deserve exactly what we are getting. But not to worry…it gets worse…far worse.

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