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How much money would our country save if we didn't have to fund military bases all over
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:13 am
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:13 am
All over the world?
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Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:14 am to Plx1776
Not nearly as much if we cut entitlements to freeloading citizens.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:15 am to Plx1776
How safe would we be without military bases all over the world?
I wonder how many countries would love that idea.
I wonder how many countries would love that idea.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:15 am to Plx1776
You live in the empire’s capital. Be happy. Military spending is a blip on the radar.
Foreign money funnels and the welfare state are much more pressing
Foreign money funnels and the welfare state are much more pressing
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:23 am to Nguyener
I worry more about the 535 dirtbags in DC that all feed their masters $$$$$$$$$$$$ buried in stacks of paper so high no one could ever audit it.
$100,000 to research Christmas tree wreaths in gated communities
$100,000 to fund offshore research on fishing boats
$500,000 to fund feasibility of golf course construction on desert island
$10,000,000 for desert island for turf research
$10,000,000 for museum to celebrate the author of a book
and so on.
I'd love to just go line by freaking line.
$100,000 to research Christmas tree wreaths in gated communities
$100,000 to fund offshore research on fishing boats
$500,000 to fund feasibility of golf course construction on desert island
$10,000,000 for desert island for turf research
$10,000,000 for museum to celebrate the author of a book
and so on.
I'd love to just go line by freaking line.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:25 am to Plx1776
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How much money would our country save if we didn't have to fund military bases all over
All over the world?
If we retreat who will replace us?
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:25 am to Nguyener
quote:hahahhahahah
Military spending is a blip on the radar.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:26 am to cwill
We wouldn't save anything. China and Russia would take over those countries and dominate world trade charging more and higher prices.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:27 am to Plx1776
Ron Paul has entered the thread.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:01 am to Plx1776
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How much money would our country save if we didn't have to fund military bases all over
We forward deploy our troops because it is advantageous for us, not to actually protect any of these places.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:08 am to Indefatigable
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We forward deploy our troops because it is advantageous for us, not to actually protect any of these places.
Well...one begets the other.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:11 am to Plx1776
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All over the world?
You can't because then you are labeled Putins puppet that wants Russia to take over the world.
And the majority of our federal tax money goes to transfer payments. Any one that says the military is lying.
Majority of our troops are in Germany, South Korea and Japan.
This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 10:14 am
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:17 am to crewdepoo
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hahahhahahah
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As of 2019, the United States military expenditure amounted to 3.4 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), placing the U.S. lower in the ranking of military expenditure as a percentage of GDP than Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Russia.
If you add homeland security it goes up another percentage.
Oh and we tried to tell you democrats.
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In May 2021, the President's defense budget request for fiscal year 2022 (FY2022) is $715 billion, up $10 billion, from FY2021's $705 billion.[1] The total FY2022 defense budget request, including the Department of Energy is $753 billion, up $12 billion from FY2021's budget request.[
Biden just greasing more pockets.
This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 10:22 am
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:20 am to Plx1776
You're an idiot if you think our military spending is an issue.
If anything, we are underfunding our defense.
Over one third of the military budget is for personnel, including retirees and dependents, not instruments of war.
If anything, we are underfunding our defense.
Over one third of the military budget is for personnel, including retirees and dependents, not instruments of war.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:21 am to Tigerswillprevail
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How safe would we be without military bases all over the world?
I wonder how many countries would love that idea.
Why can’t our allies have the military bases? What logic is there in us having a large military presence in Germany, with the No. 4 GDP in the world?
Also in Japan, with the No. 3 GDP.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:21 am to Plx1776
I can understand having a few bases around the world for fast strike capabilities or naval resupply but it makes no sense why we are all over Europe. Europe is not third world. They can protect themselves.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:22 am to Plx1776
How much money would we save if we stopped handing out our tax dollars to other countries with no accountability?
How much money could I have saved if I wasn't forced into the fraud that is the Social Security system?
Moral of the story, they take our hard earned money for a bunch of throw away, stupid shite.
How much money could I have saved if I wasn't forced into the fraud that is the Social Security system?
Moral of the story, they take our hard earned money for a bunch of throw away, stupid shite.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:24 am to Plx1776
Probably something on the order of ~$50 - 100B annually on the very high end, so not all that terribly much in the grand scheme of things. And that's assuming you don't keep any of those capabilities operational when you move them back to home soil. With the exception of Germany, Japan, Korea, and Afghanistan, it's a pretty light footprint.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:25 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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What logic is there in us having a large military presence in Germany, with the No. 4 GDP in the world?
Krauts need protection boi
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:30 am to Plx1776
Keep the bases.
Stop sending money to other countries. Any country, for any reason.
Tell host countries to pay up their REQUIRED and previously AGREED portion of UN, NATO etc dues or we will not allow any purchase for the bases from that country, we will ship everything into the base. We will not allow any leave (R&R) outside the base. These countries make a ton of money from our soldiers, the food and supplies we buy, all the while not even paying the tiny portion of their GDP to the UN which is supposed to help pay for their defense.
Its why they can have all those social programs that progressives here want to implement. Because they arent paying shite for the defense of their own country. If they dont pay up we should pull out and not do jack when Russia rolls over them.
Stop sending money to other countries. Any country, for any reason.
Tell host countries to pay up their REQUIRED and previously AGREED portion of UN, NATO etc dues or we will not allow any purchase for the bases from that country, we will ship everything into the base. We will not allow any leave (R&R) outside the base. These countries make a ton of money from our soldiers, the food and supplies we buy, all the while not even paying the tiny portion of their GDP to the UN which is supposed to help pay for their defense.
Its why they can have all those social programs that progressives here want to implement. Because they arent paying shite for the defense of their own country. If they dont pay up we should pull out and not do jack when Russia rolls over them.
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