Source (2023-04-24): https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/04/the-united-states-spends-more-on-defense-than-the-next-10-countries-combined

  • ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub
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    7 months ago

    I'm not saying we don't waste money on defense, and obviously a country with zero threats on its borders can afford to spend less on defense and more on health care, but this chart in particular is a bad way to convey this message

    • Catsrules@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      I’m not saying we don’t waste money on defense, and obviously a country with zero threats on its borders can afford to spend less on defense and more on health care,

      Don't we spend way more on health care than military? I read somewhere it is like 4 trillion per year over 4 times more than military. Honestly as sad as this sounds I don't think an extra trillion would improve the health care system in the US. Personally I think we have plenty of money going to health care, it is just doesn't seem to be going towards actually healing people.

      • ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub
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        7 months ago

        Don't we spend more because the industry is extremely inflated? But yeah if it's something everyone needs it should be subsidized and provided as a public service