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Title: Visualizing US Military Spending Relative To The Rest Of The World
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URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti ... y-spending-relative-rest-world
Published: Aug 8, 2021
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2021-08-08 01:16:56 by Horse
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Views: 250
Comments: 15
The U.S. is well known for its immense military and defense spending. In 2020, the nation ranked #1 in the world in terms of military spending at $778 billion outpacing the next nine highest spenders, which came out to $703.6 billion combined. As Visual Capitalist's Avery Koop notes, one factor is the military–industrial complex (MIC) which feeds into the U.S.’ defense dominance, with a longstanding tradition of the defense and weapons industries working closely with the U.S. government and armed forces. A Breakdown of U.S. Military Spending So what are these billions being spent on? The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) laid out the spending plan when they made their 2020 budget proposal. It included a few main areas to invest in, including: Air – $57.7 billion Maritime – $34.7 billion Ground systems – $14.6 billion Space – $14.1 billion Cyber – $6.9 billion This is just the tip of the iceberg. The overall goal of the 2020 budget was to promote innovation and to strengthen competitive advantages to increase the military’s ‘readiness’ factor. Additionally, in an effort to sustain forces, a military pay raise of 3.1% was included. Military Maintenance Surprisingly, however, the U.S. actually does not have the largest military in the world in terms of personnel, and some of the other top 10 countries have larger or similarly sized militaries spread across different branches. Russia is only the fourth highest spender, but they have the largest military size of any of the top 10, at around 5.9 million personnel. All of these countries have militaries that number in the hundreds of thousands to millions, and many are a part of treaties and alliances that require them to upkeep their armies and weaponry — but none spend half as much as the U.S. To this day, the U.S. is actively involved in a number of overseas conflicts and maintains a large military force with millions of personnel. Spending on areas such as weaponry and wages is significant in order to maintain jobs, as well as national defense. Poster Comment: See Chart. Iran spends so little at $1.215 billion that they are not on the chart. US spends $2.32 billion per day. The US spends in 13 hours more than Iran spends all year. Yet they have faster missiles at Mach 14 than we do. And they have a far superior S-300 anti-missile system. Iran has 610,000 active duty and 350,000 reserves. >P> However, the US leads the world in the number of transgenders serving. If you don't believe me, ask Putin. 
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#2. To: Horse (#0)
The US of A has millions of homeless. Never mind, the US military must be the policeman of the world.
Draft the homeless, give them a home, a job and earn their pay. Solve two problems at once. Excellent idea, off the streets, off the dole and become useful citizens.
That is exactly what Adolf Hitler and his boys did. Otherwise idle hands were put to work building infrastructure and were later employed at other tasks. Problem is that you have to ride roughshod over a few article in the Constitution & Bill of Rights. It's your choice. Win or lose.
After WWII I acquired several German immigrant friends. They were there prior and during Hitler. Their choice was Jew Communism or Hitlers version of the same ideology. Fascism was formed by a Communist friend of Lenin, named Mussolini. Hitler fathered and formed Nazism from Fascism. Few people realize all three had a common Father, Karl Marx. Now Americans are taking the yoke voluntarily.
#13. To: Cynicom (#9)
Few people realize what a filthy, abusive figure this man was. He was a genuine rotter. There's hypocrisy in it like seeing a black kid in a Che t-shirt. If black folks knew what Che said or thought about them, they'd toss a rag like that into the flames.
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#3. To: Darkwing (#2)
The US of A has millions of homeless. Never mind, the US military must be the policeman of the world.
#5. To: Cynicom (#3)
Draft the homeless, give them a home, a job and earn their pay.
#9. To: randge (#5)
That is exactly what Adolf Hitler and his boys did.
Replies to Comment # 9. Few people realize all three had a common Father, Karl Marx.
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