oh, percentage of our budget?

I mean, it's the 3rd largest spending item

You ignore the fact that military spending, by percentage is at a record low

we spend a full

2.1% more

*1.1% more

wait no

fuck

This is a ***CHRISTIAN*** server! :PraiseGod:

1.2% more

than the next largest nation

Right?

*and*?

of our GDP

*and*?

What's your point

It's overbloated, we don't need to spend that much on it

we have a way bigger gdp

Not true @SilverLining

well yeah

If you want to look at amount spent alone

It's $400,000,000,000 more

We're also

in NATO

a massive coalition

We are NATO's backbone

Studies found in order to keep the defense goal, which is to be able to win a 2 front war at any time, we need to keep increasing spending

So we don't even need to spend as much as some of our competitors

NATO needs to be disbanded

Okay, when was the last 2 front war that threatened America?

When was the last successful invasion of America?

Preparing for war is a necessity

Never, because we intimidate them away

Not to the tune of $600,000,000,000 and a lackluster population

We need to cut Medicare and Medicaid

Which is a bigger cost

I think $200,000,000,000 is enough to intimidate anyone away

eh

you're either an idiot or just too young to realize what you're saying

or a troll

We need to realocate spending in the military, not remove it