The “Ghost Budget”: How America Pays for Endless War. Funding the Post-9/11 Wars

Jan 14th 2024 1:00am EST

Implications for Perpetual War The post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were enabled by a historically unprecedented combination of budgetary procedures and financing methods. Unlike all previous U.S. wars, the post-9/11 wars were funded without higher taxes or non-war budget cuts, and through a separate budget. This set of circumstances – one that I have termed the […]

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