Interactive Tools

Explore the cost of war through interactive calculators. See how military spending affects you personally.

War Clock

Watch US military spending tick up in real time. $28,095 every second. $101 million every hour. $2.4 billion every day.

Enter your income and see exactly how much of your federal taxes go to the military, wars, and veteran care.

Compare job creation: $1 million in military spending creates 5 jobs vs 13 in education, 9 in healthcare, 8 in clean energy.

See your state's share of military spending, your lifetime war cost, and what that money could have bought instead.