Unfortunately there is always the unseen factor in this MIC spending ratio. What they show us on the books is probably only 1/3rd of the true total they are spending on the MIC. There is more being handed out under the table than we know about. An analogy would be the face value of a $20 gold piece. By face value a gold piece should only cost you $20. But in the real world it costs 2K.
And this doesn’t account for MIC costs that are claimed as funding for other things such as funding for NASA, the CIA, and private projects like Musk’s rocket program, and private cyber works contracted earmarked and labelled as something other than Military bu benefits the MIC as a priority. So there is absolutely no way to know for sure what the true total is based on what they show.
But you can bet it is at least three times higher than what they claim because they cook the books and always have. What they appropriate is just the gratuity and not even the true cost of the real bill.
[Unfortunately there is always the unseen factor in this MIC spending ratio. What they show us on the books is probably only 1/3rd of the true total they are spending on the MIC. There is more being handed out under the table than we know about. An analogy would be the face value of a $20 gold piece. By face value a gold piece should only cost you $20. But in the real world it costs 2K.]