• Stumblinbear@pawb.social
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    9 months ago

    Not sure about “unnecessary.” 5% works for Ukraine but also it has a much smaller land mass. You can’t use that 5% to protect the entirety of the US’ borders along with every other place we are stationed along with the required ongoing maintenance

    I’m not saying the budget isn’t ridiculously high, but also saying it’s unnecessary as a whole is just incorrect

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      9 months ago

      5% is also us supplying to Ukraine a fraction of their needs, and few of the core costs of a military - like personnel costs, which make up 40% of the US military budget.

      The military budget is bloated, just… not nearly to the degree people think.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I know. It’s just absurd taken as a whole. Even something as small as ending the 1033 would do much to quell me

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      9 months ago

      Yep, we have to defend our super long boarders with those dangerous aggressive nations called Canada & Mexico.