Why is the US military budget like 350 billion dollars ?

[morkinva]

Thats billion with a b - each year. This is where your tax dollars are going. An amount of money that is really quite incomprehensible. It dwarfs amounts spent on welfare, education and healthcare. We could eradicate poverty in this country. We could do so much more -- how stupid of us. 😱

 

[N8Magic]

Why is the US military budget like 350 billion dollars ?

Because Bush feels it's his duty to police the world.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: morkinva
Thats billion with a b - each year. This is where your tax dollars are going. An amount of money that is really quite incomprehensible. It dwarfs amounts spent on welfare, education and healthcare. We could eradicate poverty in this country. We could do so much more -- how stupid of us. 😱

Did you not notice the ass-kicking we delivered in response to 3,000 of our civilians being killed?

We would be truly stupid if we were unwilling, or unable, to defend ourselves.

Pull your head out & see the real world, that money is well spent.

Viper GTS

 

[pac1085]

Sure, we could erradicate poverty in the country. But how would we defend ourselves? Some other country sees us with no millitary and were done with.

 

[Stark]

it costs a lot to be the most powerful military nation the world has ever seen

 

[glen]

The purpose of the Government is defense, not feeding poor people.
Not that it is a bad thing, but it is not the purpose of our Government.

 

[DonaldC]

Toilet seats don't come cheap.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Vortex
Sure, we could erradicate poverty in the country. But how would we defend ourselves? Some other country sees us with no millitary and were done with.

Like they did to Canada, right?

 

[Pastfinder]

A = We can thus buy more tanks then Canada 😉
B = Ever notice that the US helps more countries than any other
C = We seem to have a few enemies out there
D = Modern weapons are expensive, but save lives
E = To defend idiots like yourself

 

[Zenmervolt]

We spend $350 billion on the military? I would have thought we spent a lot more. Personally, I think we should spend a lot more considering the way Clinton gutted the military.

We could eradicate poverty in this country.

Why is it my responsibility to pay for slackers? Why should I have to pay for the government to offer handouts?

ZV

 

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Vortex
Sure, we could erradicate poverty in the country. But how would we defend ourselves? Some other country sees us with no millitary and were done with.

Like they did to Canada, right?

You mess with someones younger brother if the older one was 75 feet tall and 40 tons?

 

[glen]

Basically, the constitution provides for a National Defense very explicitly, and National welfare very very very loosely.

 

[HappyPuppy]

The money spent on defense doesn't bother me at all. High tech weapons cost big money and save American lives. Without a kickass, first class military we wouldn't need to worry about education (the few who could read would be studying the Koran), welfare (I can't believe anyone would want to spend more money on welfare, it's been a waste of time and money) and healthcare (there would be no healthcare because (see above) there would be no education.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Vortex
Sure, we could erradicate poverty in the country. But how would we defend ourselves? Some other country sees us with no millitary and were done with.

Like they did to Canada, right?

Canada doesn't need to spend a lot on their military, they're sitting right on top of the world's most powerful nation. We have a good 30% of their borders covered for them, we're treaty members with them (NATO), and they're our neighbors.

I don't mind them benefitting from our military presence, but the fact is they've got themselves a damn good deal.

Viper GTS

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Vortex
Sure, we could erradicate poverty in the country. But how would we defend ourselves? Some other country sees us with no millitary and were done with.

Like they did to Canada, right?

dunno, they know that we'd protect canada....

anyways, i don't care about eradicating poverty. look at how much good that's done for europe

 

[HamSupLo]

welfare for the defense industry.

 

[glenn1]

Thats billion with a b - each year. This is where your tax dollars are going. An amount of money that is really quite incomprehensible. It dwarfs amounts spent on welfare, education and healthcare. We could eradicate poverty in this country.

You need to lay off the crack pipe. Defense spendin hardly "dwarfs" other spending, particularly healthcare spending.

2003 Federal budget chart

And as for "eradicating poverty in this country," i guess you slept through, ohhhh, the last 40 or so years of our country's history, and the "war on poverty" ?

 

[Random Variable]

A better question is, "Why do we need another thread on this topic?"

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: DonaldC
Toilet seats don't come cheap.

I was reading an article about that. Yes, the government overspends on certain things. But some of those numbers just comes out of how they do the paperwork. 500 toilets and a B2 would come out to 1.5 million dollars each. That's the gist of it anyway.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: morkinva
Thats billion with a b - each year. This is where your tax dollars are going. An amount of money that is really quite incomprehensible. It dwarfs amounts spent on welfare, education and healthcare. We could eradicate poverty in this country. We could do so much more -- how stupid of us. 😱

Did you not notice the ass-kicking we delivered in response to 3,000 of our civilians being killed?

We would be truly stupid if we were unwilling, or unable, to defend ourselves.

Pull your head out & see the real world, that money is well spent.

Viper GTS

if you cant see alot of wasted money in a 350 billion dollar budget a year then he might not be the only one who needs to "Pull your head out & see the real world".

hell we couldnt even find osama!

 

[Mrburns2007]

Originally posted by: morkinva
Thats billion with a b - each year. This is where your tax dollars are going. An amount of money that is really quite incomprehensible. It dwarfs amounts spent on welfare, education and healthcare. We could eradicate poverty in this country. We could do so much more -- how stupid of us. 😱

Wrong: 350 billion is 17% of the federal budget and is currently 3.5 % of the GDP. At one time we spent 7% of the GDP on defense so it has gone down a lot. 80 percent of the federal tax dollars goes to social security, welfare and medicare!

 

[HombrePequeno]

Originally posted by: morkinva
Thats billion with a b - each year. This is where your tax dollars are going. An amount of money that is really quite incomprehensible. It dwarfs amounts spent on welfare, education and healthcare. We could eradicate poverty in this country. We could do so much more -- how stupid of us. 😱

So basically you want to turn us into a bunch of gutless commies right? Being the international police force (which people like when it suits them and don't when it doesn't) isn't exactly cheap.

And what's so great about welfare money and healthcare? That money could be better *spent* by giving it back to the people it belongs to.

 

[gopunk]

man social security pisses me off so much.... my paycheck gets raped, and i'll never see any 🙁 :|

 

[Mrburns2007]

Originally posted by: glenn1

Thats billion with a b - each year. This is where your tax dollars are going. An amount of money that is really quite incomprehensible. It dwarfs amounts spent on welfare, education and healthcare. We could eradicate poverty in this country.

You need to lay off the crack pipe. Defense spendin hardly "dwarfs" other spending, particularly healthcare spending.

2003 Federal budget chart

And as for "eradicating poverty in this country," i guess you slept through, ohhhh, the last 40 or so years of our country's history, and the "war on poverty" ?

Yep, 2.1 trillion dollar budget and people are crying about the millitary weapons that have secure the peace for the last 50 years:disgust:

 

[morkinva]

Originally posted by: glenn1

Thats billion with a b - each year. This is where your tax dollars are going. An amount of money that is really quite incomprehensible. It dwarfs amounts spent on welfare, education and healthcare. We could eradicate poverty in this country.

You need to lay off the crack pipe. Defense spendin hardly "dwarfs" other spending, particularly healthcare spending. 2003 Federal budget chart And as for "eradicating poverty in this country," i guess you slept through, ohhhh, the last 40 or so years of our country's history, and the "war on poverty" ?

or maybe this is more accurate.