True, but it's about more than jobs. Imagine the US government was spending $50 billion building 'bridges to nowhere'. Would you support this scheme because i

True, but it's about more than jobs. Imagine the US government was spending $50 billion building 'bridges to nowhere'. Would you support this scheme because it employs thousands of US workers? Currently the US spends $598 billion per year on the military. To me, the US would be better off spending $548 billion on its military and and extra $50 billion on education. There would be fewer soldiers and more teachers, so in the short term it might not have an effect on total number of jobs. But the 'return on investment' of that extra education spending would be far more valuable than the loss of military power that the US would be giving up. Cutting the defence budget to boost education might actually mean a stronger military in the longer term if it leads to higher GDP and more engineers to build military robots and drones.