Alas.
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/year_spending_2013USbn_1...
Pensions = 24%
Health Care = 24%
Defense = 23%
Welfare = 12%
Interest = 6%
Other Spending = 4%
Transportation = 3%
Education = 3%
Protection = 2%
General Government = 1%
Who's fantasizing here?
Of course, these figures don't include so-called "black budgets" for such things as CIA/DEA/etc "front companies" from which these agencies generate & draw funds without congressional oversight.
Where your income tax money really goes:
* Total Outlays (Federal Funds): $2,650 billion
* MILITARY: 54% and $1,449 billion
* NON-MILITARY: 46% and $1,210 billion
"'Current military' includes Dept. of Defense ($653 billion), the military portion from other departments ($150 billion), and an additional $162 billion to supplement the Budget’s misleading and vast underestimate of only $38 billion for the "war on terror." "Past military" represents veterans’ benefits plus 80% of the interest on the debt.[1]
These figures are from an analysis of detailed tables in the "Analytical Perspectives" book of the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009. The figures are federal funds, which do not include trust funds -- such as Social Security -- that are raised and spent separately from income taxes. What you pay (or don’t pay) by April 15, 2008, goes to the federal funds portion of the budget. The government practice of combining trust and federal funds began during the Vietnam War, thus making the human needs portion of the budget seem larger and the military portion smaller."
[0] - http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm
[1] - "Analysts differ on how much of the debt stems from the military; other groups estimate 50% to 60%. We use 80% because we believe if there had been no military spending most (if not all) of the national debt would have been eliminated. For further explanation, please see box at bottom of page."
Here are two charts that backup your point further.
Education since 1900: http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_1900_2015...
Defense since 1792: http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_1792_2015...
In particular, it is worth noting how low military spending was before WWII. I would be very interested to find similar charts for all world powers going back to ancient times, if anyone can help.
>>>When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance. Not only this, but through television and telephony we shall see and hear one another as perfectly as though we were face to face, despite intervening distances of thousands of miles; and the instruments through which we shall be able to do his will be amazingly simple compared with our present telephone. A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket.
>>>We shall be able to witness and hear events — the inauguration of a President, the playing of a world series game, the havoc of an earthquake or the terror of a battle — just as though we were present.
From: When Woman Is Boss http://www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/1926-01-30.htm
Looking at that again, there are other gems but the above stuck with me because, well, just look at it.
Governments live and die by their debt issuance capabilities. In 2008, Hank Paulson saved the world through his altruistic service as Secretary Treasurer and saving our benevolent banks. The MIC needs money to enforce all of our legal contracts. Tesla didn't have a prediction to make because it is the same today as it was then.
Read some history, yo!
"Tragedy and Hope" is one place to start--not to be confused with finish.
The Secretary of Hygiene or Physical Culture will be far more important in the cabinet of the President of the United States who holds office in the year 2035 than the Secretary of War.
I have no idea how he interpreted that to predict the EPA. This is something closer to Health&Human Services or the Secretary of the Gym ("Physical Culture" referred to exercise in those days).
Tea is a great herbal drink. IMO, its here to stay.
Insight into why he pursued his extraordinary ideas so passionately.