[ck2]

Defense spending in the USA is double what is publicly published

There are all kinds of dark budgets and stuff spun off into "civilian" programs that actually aren't

The published cost of Iran War is like $30 Billion when it is obviously over $100 Billion by experts and that doesn't including replacing all the missiles

TWENTY-ONE TRILLION DOLLARS since 9/11 spent on defense 2001-2021

* https://ips-dc.org/report-state-of-insecurity-cost-militariz...

imagine how much food clothing shelter for the US and WORLD that would buy

we'd have humans on Mars already with that budget not even knowing now how to stop space-blindness and bone-loss

[kccqzy]

> imagine how much food clothing shelter for the US and WORLD that would buy

President LBJ proposed his Great Society agenda, which he defined as “a society where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will go unschooled.” It was a war on poverty, touching food, shelter, and education. At that same time, the country also increased its defense spending due to the heightened tension in the Cold War and escalation in the Vietnam War. The country could really do both.

[mrguyorama]

It's like when people comment "This is why the US doesn't have healthcare" around military or war boasting.

No, the US absolutely can afford to have a gigantic military and massive welfare. That's what being the richest country on earth means

But for some reason we spent the past 50 years insisting that we are better off just letting a few individuals direct that wealth instead of making some choices collectively and democratically.

People might come to their senses when the second gilded age once again leaves a third of us unemployed and parents dying in ditches.

[laughing_man]

>Defense spending in the USA is double what is publicly published

Show your work.

>There are all kinds of dark budgets and stuff spun off into "civilian" programs that actually aren't

How much, though, as a percentage of the federal budget? Also, DoD does a lot of stuff that doesn't involved national defense, like breast cancer research or canal and levee maintenance.

>The published cost of Iran War is like $30 Billion when it is obviously over $100 Billion by experts and that doesn't including replacing all the missiles

Those missiles will be replaced in future defense budgets.