What is $780B spent every year on defense defending us against? Asking for a friend.

Oct 3, 2021 · 11:17 PM UTC

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It isn't defense, it's offense.
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helping the US number 1 export - military arms (most to Saudis) continue to flourish for the private defense contractors. Tell it like it is.
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Does anyone remember the military stopping 9/11? That's their job.
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Unverisal health care
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Perhaps ... "The Bogeyman"
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it's the offense budget. who do we offend? anyone not kowtowing to neoliberal privatization.
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20 billion per year would give every homeless person in America a $1000 rent voucher, meaning $780,000,000,000 is enough to end homelessness in America 39 times over. Just sayin.
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It's what allows Germany to have generous social welfare programs instead of us.
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Manufacturered threats…Colds war, War on terror, and new cold war are all about getting consent for arms expenditures. We have a war based economy.