[mminer237]

People in poverty aren't paying any taxes to fund any of that though. As the article somewhat noted, people in poverty get an average of $12,400 from the government annually. (Excluding Medicaid, which is much more spending, but even poor people do pay a small amount into that.)

57% of people pay no income tax.[1] The carriers and planes are essentially only being paid for by the top 40% of earners.

[1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/25/57percent-of-us-households-p...

[wootland]

It’s not just about who’s funding the military, it’s about misuse of resources. If that same money was spent building out our public transit, food production or community improvement, we’d see an improvement in the lives of US citizens up and down the socioeconomic ladder. The reality is we spend our resources building weapons that only have a negative impact on humanity, producing nothing.