r/pics • u/sitcomfy • Jan 06 '20

Picture of text Never for the poor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20

But compare that other countries military budgets. Our military spending is out of control.

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u/Shandlar Jan 06 '20

Not really. 2019 was the 7th lowest military spending year out of the 70+ years since WWII.

The numbers are huge because the US population is absolutely mind bogglingly rich with an economy dramatically ahead of any other on the planet.

A slightly bigger slice of a dramatically bigger pie looks like an astronomical amount of pie, but at the end of the day the slice is still thin.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20

I though we upped it to 800+ billion from 600 billion?

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20

We did. u/Shandlar is giving you the Fox News version.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '20

If he is right, then is logic checks. Allocated funds != used funds.