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I would be curious to see an analysis of this. How much of the USA's military budget goes to things that would normally be done by other institutions in a count
by MattGaiser 5y ago
I would be curious to see an analysis of this. How much of the USA's military budget goes to things that would normally be done by other institutions in a country like Canada?
Canada doesn't have a VA for example. We just have universal health care.
The GDP comparisons alone may be misleading.
- Nbox9 5y agoI don’t know if it’s even possible to tease out this number. The US Army even purchases Skilcraft pens [0] in large part because they are manufactured by the visually impaired. Basically every dollar they spend has multiple purposes. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skilcraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skilcraft
- culturestate 5y ago> The US Army even purchases Skilcraft pens...in large part because they are manufactured by the visually impaired This is underselling it a little. Skilcraft quite literally would not exist if the federal government weren't required by law to buy supplies from them.