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Publication Date: February 2002
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research
Author(s): Dean Baker
Research Area: Military and defense
Keywords: Homeland security; Tax revenues; Federal budget
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This paper notes that the expenditures associated with the war on terrorism are not trivial. They will impose a burden on the budget. However, this spending has not been associated with the sort of apocalyptic adjectives often used to describe the burden that Social Security will impose on the nation.