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Nope. It takes up about a third of the budget and is itself in large part a social program.
by jjoonathan 8y ago
Nope. It takes up about a third of the budget and is itself in large part a social program.
- chii 8y agoa "social" program for defense contractors. I m sure they are hurting, and need to make more money.
- jjoonathan 8y agoA social program for able bodied men and women willing to work for a living. It's how my father escaped poverty.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoA social program would be building schools, bridges, improving access to education, funding research for medicines to be put in public domain so it’s affordable. Adding a 12th aircraft carrier or developing an unnecessary fighter plane is not a social program.
- jjoonathan 8y agoNot everyone joins the military because the alternative is absolute shit, but it often is, and they often do. It is absolutely a social program in that sense, and if you cut it, your other social programs are going to have to take up the slack. You have to de-rate the "win" from cutting it accordingly.