In the short term you're right. But if the cuts were done responsibly over time the economy would adapt and the capital we currently spend on the military woul

In the short term you're right. But if the cuts were done responsibly over time the economy would adapt and the capital we currently spend on the military would be reallocated to more productive areas. Claiming that we can never cut military spending because it would hurt the economy is an example of the broken window fallacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window