It's a WaPo article that's a 12 minute read - https://archive.ph/C6mna
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Of course they leave out any consideration for whether or not the US actually has the workers, soldiers or industry (it doesn't) to make use of a whole extra 2% of its GDP on war. Literally the pentagon can't even use all the money it already has (which is why money keeps disappearing and the pentagon keeps failing audits).
Finance capitalism says the more money the more better. Factories have a lower return than speculation on annual ammunition production