Where there deficits before and/or after? What were the expenditures of the military?

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Permanent Warfare: The Main Points on the War on Terror

INSTRUCTIONS:

Create an outline. It should be a minimum of 4 pages. The topic focuses on the War on Terror. The main points are 1-Budgets, 2-Human Resources (soldiers), 3-Drones/Hi-Tech Warfare, and 4-Body Count (the other side). 
BUDGET: Where there deficits before and/or after? What were the expenditures of the military? What was the taxation increase during the war?
HUMAN RESOURCES: How does the Vietnam War (the draft numbers in particular) compare to the Iraq/Afghanistan wars? How successful was using surrogate soldiers (Nicaragua 1980s; illegal funding of counter revolutionaries) ?
DRONES: How many bombings per day, and by what? Does new tech mean robotic warfare? What is the cost of the use of bombs/drones?
BODY COUNT: What is the collateral damage (numbers to date)? Do the death of innocents radicalize the family of victims (ISIS)? 
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/summary.cfm?q=377
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/iraq-death-toll_n_4102855.html
https://www.iraqbodycount.org/
http://gizmodo.com/syria-is-becoming-a-test-bed-for-high-tech-weapons-of-e-1735595580
http://stateofworkingamerica.org/great-recession/
http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2012/recession/pdf/recession_bls_spotlight.pdf
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/military-spending-united-states/
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/us-military-spending-vs-world/ 
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/blog/2015/04/13/pentagon-spending-fy-2016-great-debate/ 
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/how-military-spending-has-changed/

CONTENT:

Permanent Warfare Student: Professor: Course title: Date: Permanent Warfare 1.0 Budget Before the War on Terror started, there were no budget deficits. Budget deficits came after the commencement of the this fighting since the United States military required more financial resources to acquire more weapons, new sophisticated artillery, and to hire more combatants to fight for the country in Afghanistan and Iraq. During the War on Terror, the military expenses increased considerably. In the decade after 9/11, military spending in the United States rose by 50%, adjusted for inflation. In comparison, the expense on non-military programs such as science, public transit, healthcare, and education increased by just 13.5% over similar period (National Priorities Project, 2015). Total expenditure of the military comprises an estimated $16 billion in military spending for the Department of Homeland Security. In the 2015 financial year, military expenses accounted for 54% of all federal discretionary spending, which was $598.5 billion. It is notable that expenditures of the military include spending on nuclear weaponry; regular activities of the Department of Defence; international military assistance; war spending; as well as other Pentagon-related expenditures (National Priorities Project, 2015)

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