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And we still manage to spend more than the next six countries combined on our military!
by jimbokun 2mo ago
And we still manage to spend more than the next six countries combined on our military!
- brazzy 2mo agoThat's because the primary goal of the spending is not to produce a capable military. It's an expensive, inefficient jobs program, but one that you can get conservatives to support
- O3marchnative 2mo agoThis argument usually depends on how you quantify defense spending, no? [0] In terms of PPP, the U.S. is falling behind. To be perfectly clear, that doesn't somehow absolve the size of U.S. defense spending. If anything, it's damning of all these wunderwaffe projects defense contractors take on and the taxpayer funds. [0] https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/05/11/by-one-measure-americas-allies-now-outspend-it-on-defence https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/05/11/by-one-m... (no paywall: https://archive.ph/X9zzc https://archive.ph/X9zzc)