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1 posted on 08/07/2021 9:34:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 08/07/2021 9:41:03 PM PDT by Pelham (No more words, now we fight)
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Now that you know that, compare US military spending versus the spending for all US entitlement programs: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. There’s even a pie chart that appears in the back of the 1040 tax book to show you.

No wonder people the world over are trying to get to the United States.


3 posted on 08/07/2021 10:03:03 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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How much of the military budget goes for personnel? Compared to other large militaries, we have extensive comforts and benefits, from housing to medical care to the dependents of military members. I don’t think most large militaries go in for any of that.


5 posted on 08/07/2021 10:19:36 PM PDT by Stingray51 ( )
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The US GDP for 2020 was $21 trillion.
With that, we spent < $800 billion on our military... or 4%

The US govt spending for 2020 was ~$6 trillion.
which would make military spending ~13%

in comparison, we spent ~70% of all US govt spending on entitlements


6 posted on 08/07/2021 10:27:58 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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If we stopped all adventures, we wouldn’t need to spend near as much on the military.


7 posted on 08/07/2021 10:32:50 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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The USA is the #1 arms dealer in the world. Biden will increase that. I think it funny that the Left wants guns removed from US citizens, but vote in people who are willing to put automatic weapons into the hands of 3rd world warlords to kill unarmed citizens......


8 posted on 08/07/2021 10:41:18 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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per the Constitution (I know), the military is one of the few things the FEDGOV is supposed to be doing.
10 posted on 08/07/2021 11:39:21 PM PDT by NaturalScience
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The problem is too much of this is spent on typical bureaucrat social welfare schemes and not enough on actual readiness to fight a war. A real war. Not another insurgent war we fight under rules designed to lose, but a real war we damn well better win.


11 posted on 08/08/2021 12:03:40 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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12 posted on 08/08/2021 3:26:02 AM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter up)
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14 posted on 08/08/2021 5:33:28 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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The chart is misleading, because it is calculated in U.S. dollars.

Make the comparison in man-hours in each country, it will look much different.

15 posted on 08/08/2021 5:37:09 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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I’ve seen few analyses which outline that with these figures the CCP is outspending the US 2:1...


20 posted on 08/08/2021 7:26:28 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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Russia is only the fourth highest spender, but they have the largest military size of any of the top 10, at around 5.9 million personnel.

The Ruble doesn't go as far as it used to.

22 posted on 08/08/2021 3:12:49 PM PDT by sauropod (Amateurs built the ark; Professionals built the Titanic. Anon)
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