Under the Bush administration the pentegon's budget has increased from $300 billion to $541 billion. This sixty per cent increase does not include spending on the wars, $171 billion, or veterans benefits, intelligence gathering, nor security costs. Repubs are paranoid. This total is half of the defense spending for the entire world and more spending than the next 45 nations on the list combined. Okay it's not paranoia, it is insanity.