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All paid for by those who don't go into the military–industrial complex, but instead pay enormous taxes to fund it. The kid fixing broken windows does well too.
by isostatic 8y ago
All paid for by those who don't go into the military–industrial complex, but instead pay enormous taxes to fund it. The kid fixing broken windows does well too.
The U.S. accounts for 35% of the world's defence spending, more than twice that of Russia and China together.
- israelisreal 8y agoYou are paying for it by your service, which only 1% of the population serves. I have nothing but respect for the military and those who serve. People need to stand behind the troops or in front of them. People sleep well at night because of the military and their sacrifice.
- bluntfang 8y agoexcept for all those people in poverty who don't sleep or eat well.
- adamwong246 8y agodon't forget the collateral damage caused by those troops. Americans might get to sleep well and eat well, but those yemeni weddings guests who got droned get neither.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoThe current incarnation of the military has done exactly nothing to protect me, and likely has taken actions to make things more dangerous for me.
- isostatic 8y agoAnd logger, or fishermen, or oil rig workers, or drivers, who app work far more dangerous jobs, don't "sacrifice" I sleep well at night because of a roofer who risked his life to fix a hole, not because the US spend an obscene amount of money on its military. P.S the military isn't that dangerous. The largest killer is suicide, then transport accidents, then other accidents. Truckers are in a far more risky job, because of the danger of driving, and because of the sedantary lifestyle. Next time you see a trucker at the gas station remember to applaud him and thank him for his service.
- hansthehorse 8y agoFormer military here - American service men and women haven't defended American freedom in over 75 years. Time to let that line go I would think.
- oh_sigh 8y agoAnd all those who don't go into the military-industrial complex benefit from a secure America, and a country like America being a global hegemon and not Russia or China. The kid fixing broken windows does good too, but isn't exactly risking their life and limb in such an explicit manner as the way a member of the armed forces may.