“An ongoing pandemic, an intensifying mega-drought, white supremacy activities, and racial and economic injustice among them — should have underscored that the greatest threats to American lives are anything but military in nature.”laprogressive.com/national-s…

Washington's National Security Spending Follies

Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung: The Biden administration has decided to double down on military spending as the primary pillar of what still passes for American security policy.

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Jun 30, 2021 · 3:50 PM UTC

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How Biden's $763B defense budget funds nuclear-industrial complex: Northrop Grumman for new nuclear bomber & intercontinental ballistic missile; General Dynamics for new ballistic-missile submarine; Lockheed Martin for sea-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).Feel more secure now?
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At this time...
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The problem is that the US economy is entirely based on military expenditures and has been since the 80's. Without that money being spent, and the annual increases to it, the economy collapses like a house of cards.
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This has literally never happened. "increasing the risk of an accidental nuclear war based on a false alarm.  In short, the new ICBM is not just costly but exceedingly dangerous for the health of humanity" You want to save money? All for it. But scaremongering is bullshit.
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Good point but we need to keep up our defense.
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The military isn't to protect us from threats, it's to keep the arms manufacturers & contractors like Halliburton, Brown, Bechtel fat cats because they contribute huge sums to the lawmakers.
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I don’t want to pay the pentagon with my money!
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Why does a tent city for San Francisco homeless cost $60k a person? Maybe government shouldn’t be doing anything more until we get a handle on $7,000 Pentagon toilet seats!