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You can still drastically cut defense spending without touching a single servicemember's pay or benefits. For instance: Instead of buying 7000 missiles, we coul
by thesuitonym 6y ago
You can still drastically cut defense spending without touching a single servicemember's pay or benefits. For instance: Instead of buying 7000 missiles, we could have saved 600 million dollars.
- bpodgursky 6y agoThe federal government would save 600 million dollars, and Raytheon employees would lose them. Entirely fair to say "well Raytheon factories should be building [tractors / ventilators / etc] instead, but it's not like the money is being shoveled into a hole and buried. The money stays in the US, backstopping US manufacturing. Sending that $600 million to overseas scammers would still accomplish nothing, whereas "wasteful" defense spending does.