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The real spending went down a tiny amount despite the largest army of the world was no longer in existence and there was no credible threat what so ever. I alw
by panick21_ 3y ago
The real spending went down a tiny amount despite the largest army of the world was no longer in existence and there was no credible threat what so ever.
I always love how people fall for the false military budgets, the war cost, the veteran health, the nuclear cost and a lot of other associated cost that is conveniently hid outside of the 'military budget' despite it very clearly should be in the same bucket.
> It is certainly an option to adopt an isolationist stance and cut the military-industrial complex down
Ah the old 'anybody that doesn't believe absurd amount of military spending is an isolationist trope'. Never stops getting old that one.
- nradov 3y agoHow much should we cut the military budget? Please give a specific number and show your work. We all understand that there is a huge amount of waste. But in practice it seems to be difficult to cut that waste without losing essential capabilities.
- spiralx 3y agoIt's redundancy, not waste, in the majority of cases. Look at what's happened to the Russian army to see what happens when there's no redundancy built-in to your logistics and supply chain, redundancy is essential to the capability of US military might.