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Ginormous defence spending is how the US do a "social state". That's pretty obvious once you see how defence money is peppered all across the country.
by wazoox 6y ago
Ginormous defence spending is how the US do a "social state". That's pretty obvious once you see how defence money is peppered all across the country.
- arbitrary_name 6y agoIt's a republican jobs program.
- hguant 6y agoNah the defense industry is smarter than that - it's a bipartisan industry. F-35s have components that are built in every state for a reason.
- zanny 6y agoIt doesn't mean its productive. We could be spending half a trillion on civil engineering to rebuild cities, roads, high speed rail, canals, etc. That has appreciable and visible benefits to society. Occupying a desert on the other side of the world largely to disrupt oil pipelines seems less effective as stimulus.