> The US defense budget is more than that of the rest of the top 10 combined. Not quite. It's slightly less than the next 8.[1] Also, that number appears to

> The US defense budget is more than that of the rest of the top 10 combined. Not quite. It's slightly less than the next 8.[1] Also, that number appears to include the $79B spent by the Department of Veterans Affairs[2], which is exclusively used to support post-service personnel. There's a lot of shit we can and should cut, but let's not distort the facts. [1] https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/fs_1904_milex_2018_0.pdf https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/fs_1904_milex_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_federal_budget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_federal_bud...