Anytime I've talked about cutting the military budget with a blue MAGA lib, they say "we have to pay DA TROOOPS!" as if even a billion dollars of that budget goes to paying them
Also I feel like some people assume the US military budget accounts for post-duty benefits? We spend a couple hundred billion on veteran benefits and services, but that falls under the VA budget, which is completely separate from the trillion dollar defense budget (which mostly goes into researching, building, operating, and maintaining weapons/equipment)
Anytime I've talked about cutting the military budget with a blue MAGA lib, they say "we have to pay DA TROOOPS!" as if even a billion dollars of that budget goes to paying them
Also I feel like some people assume the US military budget accounts for post-duty benefits? We spend a couple hundred billion on veteran benefits and services, but that falls under the VA budget, which is completely separate from the trillion dollar defense budget (which mostly goes into researching, building, operating, and maintaining weapons/equipment)