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The majority of DoD's budget is not salaries. Only the salaries should be scaled in this way. E.g. many other countries are buying our F-35s at the same price
by CydeWeys 6y ago
The majority of DoD's budget is not salaries. Only the salaries should be scaled in this way.
E.g. many other countries are buying our F-35s at the same price we are. Other countries simply can't get equally effective jet fighters, aircraft carriers, etc., at a third to a quarter of the price.
- icegreentea2 6y agoYou're correct, personnel costs is not the majority of DoD costs. However, their "pay and benefits" take up 40% of it's budget (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#For_personnel_payment_and_benefits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...) Procurement (the most visible part of the budget we hear about) is 20% of the DoD budget.
- samstave 6y agoAlso, one needs to take into account Black Budgets - as they are totally opaque and we have no idea what amount of the budget they consume, assuming they are even accounted for in the 700 billion dollar number the budget claims to be.
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- rayiner 6y agoWhy would only salaries be scaled that way? It costs China a fraction as much as the U.S. to build a train line. Do you think it costs them the same amount in nominal dollars to build a landmine?