The United States spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined ( climatejustice.social )

yesman , 7 months ago

The following is for informational purposes only; do not assume I’m advocating for or against anything.

It’s a myth that the US spends more on the military than it does on social programs and healthcare.

Medicare Advantage (a simi-private part of Medicare) costs the US about the same as the Army and Navy combined.

nytimes.com/…/medicare-advantage-fraud-allegation…

In 2022, the Defense Dep spent 585 Billion dollars while Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare tax credits totaled nearly 3 times that at 1.4 Trillion.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_budget#Discretionary_spe…

The biggest difference in spending between the US and countries like China, Russia, and India is not that we have X times as much or better weapons, it’s that our soldiers and defense contractors are paid US salaries in US dollars.

urshanabi , 7 months ago

Crucially, the ventures make US profits.