U.S. Defense Spending

[spurraider21]

The US is no longer the chief economic power on earth. The only thing keep us at "number 1" is the military. Plus, the military industrial complex employs large chunks of communities in many of these congressional districts.

On its face, a nation that spends as much as we do while many of its own citizens suffer from poverty, chronic illness, and a lack of healthcare coverage seems completely absurd. We should be spending WAY less on the military, but I wonder if we're past the point of no return...

yep. instead of using the military as a jobs program, better to invest in green energy and produce jobs there instead.

[DMC]

We'd be a multi-planetary species by now if we didn't waste so much money building bombs to drop on each other.

Yeah, if human nature changed, we'd no longer be humans.

[DMC]

San Antonio would close up shop if all the military bases closed.

[spurraider21]

San Antonio would close up shop if all the military bases closed.

good thing nobody proposes that

[spurraider21]

Yeah, if human nature changed, we'd no longer be humans.

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[DMC]

good thing nobody proposes that

No one gives a about your pedantry, got

[Winehole23]

Biden proposes a bigger defense budget

[benefactor]

US
warmongers

[spurraider21]

in joe

[boutons_deux]

The MIC is one of the main owners/bribers of the political class, and is as totally corrupt as is the rest of the fascist oligarchy.

btw, the $1T+ boondoggle F-35 is now reserved until it is really needed. How many $10Bs of the $1T+ of taxpayers went to MIC investors?

[Winehole23]

US
warmongers

"Marxist"

"Chinese-controlled"

[coyotes_geek]

Biden proposes a bigger defense budget

Of course. Spending less isn't how to get re-elected.

[boutons_deux]

we won't here a peep from the Repugs about Dept of War spending

[boutons_deux]

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