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The President of the United States just proposed to raise the defense budget by $54 billion. That's 540x this fix in a single year.
by macawfish 10y ago
The President of the United States just proposed to raise the defense budget by $54 billion. That's 540x this fix in a single year.
- malandrew 10y agoWhile I don't agree on our defense spending budget and I'd love for us to cut back, there are a few things worth pointing out. 1) money spent on defense is orthogonal to the argument being made. Your point is a good one, but it still doesn't refute the point that it's good money following bad money. 2) While I don't think it's the best industry that we could be investing in, many people see defense spending as investing in the American people. One of the chief exports of the US is war, defense and weaponry. Lots of countries our customers of the US and there are lots of towns and cities that would be economically hurt (to the point of dying like Flynt) depending on how our defense spending was cut.