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> The US military is a money pit. Yes, but it's a very visible money pit. Its purpose is to discourage any other country from throwing their own money into a
by mcphage 6y ago
> The US military is a money pit.
Yes, but it's a very visible money pit. Its purpose is to discourage any other country from throwing their own money into a similar pit by competing.
- MisterBastahrd 6y agoWe could have spent a quarter of the money we did and had the same outcome. There's absolutely no reason for the US to subsidize peace for the rest of the planet to the degree that it does. Every other liberal democracy on Earth gets to enjoy affordable housing, subsidized healthcare, affordable or free college educations, pensions, and a nice fat bank of vacation hours every year. We get a bunch of morons in blue who barely got out of high school using military grade gear on our own citizens because the armed forces has too much of it.
- mcphage 6y agoI agree.