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The money comes from the public, not the government
by knowitnone 2y ago
The money comes from the public, not the government
- Ray20 2y agoCan I have statistics for this? Because I always thought it was mostly from the government, not from the public.
- gigatree 2y agoWhere do you think the government gets its money from?
- synecdoche 2y agoPrinting? btw, you got my upvote
- bigtunacan 2y agoDo you not understand that money coming from the government has been acquired from taxes, ergo the money comes from the people.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoAnd I for one would much rather it go to subsidize university research than subsidize the defense industry
- martin82 2y agoYou need both if you want it to remain a free and sovereign country.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoBut not anywhere near what we have in terms of military power and spending. Also, economic decline is a much greater threat to the US than military decline. China is eager to dethrone us economically; an invasion of the US would be extremely costly and highly unlikely even if the US' military were significantly smaller.
- AtlasBarfed 1y agoHow much? 1 trillion a year?