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Dean Baker: ...apart from this war, Trump seems determined to raise military spending even further. He has said he wants the country to spend 5% of GDP, or $1.5 trillion a year, on the military. This comes to $12,000 per household. That’s real money. That is a lot of money to spend for no obvious reason. It means less money for healthcare, childcare, education, and many other items that people care about. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/iran-war-makes-us-poorer