Any spending as long it is domestic is productive locally. the stuff the miltary buys needs to be made,the manufacturer in turn buys parts or raw material and e

Any spending as long it is domestic is productive locally. the stuff the miltary buys needs to be made,the manufacturer in turn buys parts or raw material and employees people and so on etc. There is certainly a case that military spending is not the most effective way to multiply the economic effect that other kinds of spending like infrastructure, education or healthcare, research etc . All of these have huge secondary effects in simulating the economy that military probably does not have .