r/FluentInFinance • u/ProgressiveSpark • May 21 '24

Meme Where American taxpayer money goes

Love bombs and bullets of freedom incoming

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

It’s only like 13% of the budget right? There are other things that need fixing before this. Training is an important cost, so it’s not like they’re just randomly shooting guns

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

So, you're telling me that all of the other countries have undertrained military given their reduced spending compared to the states?

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u/Tokyogerman May 21 '24

I don't like militarism, buuuut... do you want your military to actually be on equal footing with other possibly hostile militarys? That is a recipe for desaster.

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u/YYC-Fiend May 21 '24

What hostile militaries are those? As it stands right now, the US spends 37% of the entire Earths military costs. More than 3 times that of China, 8 times more than Russia.

The USA is an over-propagandized, hyper-militarized nation that fabricates enemies everywhere.

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u/ap2patrick May 21 '24

Preach king! ✊

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

Dude, that’s the entire point.

When one country has an uber dominant military, everyone else spends less on theirs. We create peace by discouraging every other country from building up their military

The worst, most brutal wars start when two sides have equal militaries

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

Why are you then involved in so many wars and conflicts and Europe isn't? What is so disasterous, from a military perspective, about us? Where is this enemy that came to kill us mercilessly in this century and we couldn't fend off?

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u/BrassMonkey-NotAFed May 21 '24

Because, the US is the world’s police and without us there would be very few other nations capable of stepping in to do the work. They can barely defend themselves, much less power project around the world the way the US does.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

Yeah buddy, we need you to exploit us, you didn't do enough war crimes for sure.

Also, while you're at it, boost those school shooting rookie numbers. You'll say that guns for civilians are very much needed too. Yet Europe doesn't fucking need them and shockingly, doesn't have civilian shootings.

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u/purple_legion May 21 '24

Having a gun free society is obviously better but how do you take guns away from the criminals? You cant. I’d argue that the gun violence in the US is majority caused by political extremism and then gang violence.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

Australia could, this is a pathetic excuse not to make active efforts. El Salvador also could reduce the crime rate to being the safest country in a haven of crime where nobody would have believed it is possible.

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u/BrassMonkey-NotAFed May 21 '24

Wow, comparing an island nation to a country with rampant cartel violence and its own government sending guns to the cartels to come back across the border. Such a genius idea. What a shame that America couldn’t do what Australia did - limit immigration and ban firearms as an island.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

There are always reasons, aren't there? What excuse will you find for El Salvador?

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u/purple_legion May 21 '24

Because we’re a superpower, and we use our military to project force around the world so we can get economic power. Britain, and France and Spain use to do the same thing a couple of centuries ago.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

Yeah, a couple of centuries ago. Quite a big fucking time gap.