The American economy is really struggling right now .It is being projected that the United state government will have a budget deficit of approximately 1.6 trillion dollars . That means that the united state government is spending 1.6 trillion dollars more than we actually have .Wondering how much a trillion dollars really is? if you went out and spend one dollar every single second, it would take you more than 31,000 years to spend a trillion dollars .So that a lot of money. How is the war on terror affecting this situation? IF the fiscal year budget for 2012 is approved, the total costs will be 1.415 trillion . That right if we were out of this war on terror, the United state government would have an extra trillion dollars in their pocket . All of that money would almost completely eliminate the budget deficit the United state is facing . Continuing this never ending war on terror will just result in trillion and trillion of dollars being spent , and guess what since the war on terror will never end , that is not very helpful to united state economy, therefore it is definitely not beneficially for the country