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« on: January 20, 2015, 10:39:28 PM »
We don't need to spend our time funding the military so much anyway. I for one, am glad that the president decided that the military should be shrunk down to what it was before WWII. We spend over $600 Billion (USD) annually buying and making weapons and armor that we will probably never use.
Most of these funds have been spent trying to clean up previously-invaded nations that we have spent tireless amounts of time and effort to fix, but most of this money is actually getting wasted. When we currently left Afghanistan, most of our armored vehicles were sent to scrap yards to be junked for extra parts. Some of these parts got in the hands of the Taliban as well. This itself is an absolute waste of tax payer money.
It's just not necessary in this time period. Plus we also have military bases stationed in almost every nation on Earth and these also take sufficient funds to stay operational. This money could be used for more domestic purposes like financing more federal student aide programs and stuff that can actually stimulate our economy and help our own people instead of some foreigners in a distant land who will grow to hate us.