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It seams like a lot, but then I think about military spending and at least its less then that. Can't really compare them more than that though.. I'm not trying

• noir_lord 10y ago
  I think the last figure I saw for military spending was 650bn a year. Of course if you cut that by half you'd lose a lot of workers many of those with families (in one respect you could look at the military as a jobs program, what was the last time the US had more than 10% of it's total military personal actually fighting a war).
  • gertef 10y ago
    Imagine if the military was converted to be mostly Corps of Engineers, building schools and roads and cafes, instead of building stuff to blow up.
    • majewsky 10y ago
      The left opposition in Germany has actually recently run a bill in Parliament to establish a "Willy Brandt peace corps" next to our army. The line of thinking is that the army is well-regarded because of their development aid during foreign missions, and especially because of their help during domestic natural desasters. If that reputation went towards a peace corps instead, we would have an easier time arguing for less military spending.