“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Found an interesting post comapring some stats about military spending on the Guardian Data Blog. Pretty mind boggling – if not surprising.
Video / Info Graphic by Frank Chimero for Good Magazine visualizing some of the horrifying stats about U.S. prisons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMXjmHXroEY