• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    There’s plenty of money in the Pentagon budget. We don’t need to increase taxes on anyone to pay for social programs. We need to stop spending it on crimes against humanity.

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      8 months ago

      EU did that and saved on military spending. Now they have a Russia infestation. Just fully cutting the military budget is impossible.

      Also the use of military force is tied to the economic system. You can’t change one without the other.

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        EU was able to do that because they know the US will jump in if there’s trouble. We’re funding European defense while they fund social programs and act smug about it on the internet.

        The US has thousands of nukes, oceans to the east and west, and allies to the north and south. We do not need this much military spending to defend ourselves.

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          The military is not for protecting themselves but for protecting trade and markets. That was also the deal with Europe: USA protect you and you buy our stuff with our currency. It’s what you see with the Houthis in Yemen. Nobody cares they kill some people, but they’re disturbing trade routes so action must be taken.

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        Just fully cutting the military budget is impossible.

        This is not what the commenter said, you can remove some of a budget without fully cutting.