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| Nonnel:
--- Quote from: Deus Ex on January 14, 2018, 11:52:41 PM ---But where would this funding come from --- End quote --- |
| Deus Ex:
And how much of our military spending goes into funding things like NATO and other overseas protection pacts? |
| Foxscotch:
--- Quote from: Deus Ex on January 15, 2018, 12:36:29 AM ---And how much of our military spending goes into funding things like NATO and other overseas protection pacts? --- End quote --- doesn't really seem like it'd be under any of these categories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#Budget_for_2016 it's probably under "international affairs" or something in nonnel's chart |
| Cappytaino:
--- Quote from: Deus Ex on January 15, 2018, 12:36:29 AM ---And how much of our military spending goes into funding things like NATO and other overseas protection pacts? --- End quote --- When you compare military spending to GDP, the USA isn't even the biggest proportional spender. A lot of the money, however, disappears into the stuffty black hole of government corruption. A recent audit of the DoD found 39 Blackhawk helicopters that were not properly recorded in the Air Force Real Property System. That's huge. like $830,700,000 huge. For context, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force currently has 41 Blackhawks in service. To rephrase, the number of "missing" Blackhawks is only 2 less than all the Blackhawks in service by the JASDF. This is loving huge and the audit must continue to expose just how much taxpayer money is getting pissed away by Congress and the Military. Before anyone misconstrues what I'm saying, I'm not taking any digs at the military in principle. I just think that in practice, there is a stuff ton of wasteful spending of taxpayer money jointly between Congress and the Military, and hopefully this audit will expose and prevent a lot of that in the future. |
| Foxscotch:
--- Quote from: Cappytaino on January 15, 2018, 12:59:23 AM ---When you compare military spending to GDP, the USA isn't even the biggest proportional spender. --- End quote --- that would probably be more relevant if gdp was proportional to the need for military spending |
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