• ScrollinMyDayAway@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Trillion dollar budget for the military industrial complex? Money well spent! A single dime spent to help taxpayers? Socialism!

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      1 year ago

      The majority of the federal budget goes to welfare and entitlements. I’m on the “no standing army” side of things, but it doesn’t help to propagate incorrect information.

      Edit: this is absurd. There’s no opinion here: the comment I replied to is factually wrong. You can’t dislike facts until they’re not true.

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        1 year ago

        you failed to engage with their actual argument, which was that military spending is absurdly high but always univocally supported by everyone in the establishment and increased with every new budget, but that it’s an uphill fight to get anything new for people who actually need help.

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          To be fair, I engaged with that portion by pointing out I don’t actually believe in standing armies. So defense spending should be close to zero. But, yeah, everyone wants their pork and defense spending is free money to them.

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            1 year ago

            You don’t believe in standing armies? I’m sorry but you’re either 5 years old or incredibly naive.