If Trump's 42% increase bill is acceptedThe US defense budget becomes higher than 1945 (historic peak adjusted to inflation).In 1945 GDP was at $83.0 Billion or $1.41 Trillion adjusted to inflation.A 42% increase to fight a nation crippled with 47 years of sanctions that is at the same time defeated but also not quite. Schrödinger's Iran.
>using 2% inflationbetter to adjust in terms of the total money supply. money supply is up 256x from 1945, so a 20x bigger military budget is nowhere close to the 1945 peak
>>532406209>better to adjust in terms of the total money supply.Adjusting based on inflation is infinitesimally less retarded than with total money supply. The later is a fake retarded metric that's completely irrelevant if you wish to compare 1945 to 2026. It completely misses the modern debt structure of the economy or the shadow banking and total financial assets that didn't really exist in 1945.
>>532406674hmm no i think its dumber to use the jewed numbers to reach the pants-on-head retarded conclusion that the US defense budget will be higher than 1945 (historic peak adjusted to inflation).
>>532408306Someone didn't beware the military industrial complex.
