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RE: Live Truth Productions Presents "US Spends More on Military Defense Than the Next 7 Countries COMBINED"
If you put that in perspective of GDP, the US is ranked 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
The US spends only 3.3% of its Gross Domestic Product compared to the number 1 nation, Oman, which spends 16% of it's GDP on their military.
The average spending is 3.41%, so really, the US is doing a pretty good job compared to the rest of the world when it comes to military spending.
Ahahahahahahaaaaaa you're joking right? "The US is doing a pretty good job" hahahaha
At what??? Raping women and children, murdering, destruction, total annihilation, pillaging the Earth and forsaking humanity for corporate profit - these are not actions nor values we support! This is not the kind of world we want to live in, or for our children to live in.
The FACTS are that ALL hunger, poverty, and homelessness could be wiped out if the US put its military budget towards decent values like caring for mankind and supporting society, but instead it takes taxpayer money and pays for both sides of war so an elite group of sociopaths can get richer. Absurd!
I’m not joking.
You are right, the money could be spent elsewhere in the US.
I showed that 10 other countries spend more of their taxpayer dollars on the military, 7 of them are at least about double that of the US, and that the US spends less than the global average.
The OP’s argument is that the US is the worst when it comes to military spending. If anyone is truly concerned about the issue of military spending, the US isn’t the problem. Where’s the post about Oman and how that government is using the taxpayer money?
If you are concerned with how Oman spends its money, then write that post. Are you paying taxes in Oman? How does it effect you? Are you hearing news reports about Oman starting wars? How many military bases does Oman have worldwide vs. the US?
The point here is that values in America are seriously skewed.
The US military budget is indeed a HUGE problem for the entire world. War is the biggest export of the US, and Americans are programmed to believe this is somehow a good thing or even "not that bad".
Oman isn't toppling governments on its own, but the US is certainly storming into nations on baseless grounds and destroying civilizations so private corporations can go in and "rebuild infrastructure" to make more money.
The number of dollars the US spends on the military FAR outweigh that of smaller nations, and those dollars COULD go towards helping humanity. It's obscene and dishonorable.
Justifying it is part of the problem.
I don't care about Oman, but I thought that you cared about military spending, which is why I brought Oman up.
I do agree with you that the values are skewed. If I look at the full budget (this article is a couple of years old, but still close), I don't see how much we pay on the military as an issue, but more in how little we pay for education:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/17/facebook-posts/pie-chart-federal-spending-circulating-internet-mi/
Money isn't going to education because it's going to the military.
Money isn't going to eradicate homelessness because it's going to the military.
Money isn't going to building community gardens because it's going to the military.
Money isn't going to senior citizens because it's going to the military.
Money isn't going to building sustainable housing because it's going to the military.
...and on and on.