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Takket

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11. i guess i'll answer a question with another question

Sat Dec 3, 2022, 03:30 PM

Dec 2022

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What would the USA look like without it?

Honestly is it bloated beyond belief. We send a trillion dollars into every year without even questioning it in any way. i remember a few years ago the military actually complaining that Congress was ordering tanks the military didn't even need.

But on the other hand we can't just depend on the industry popping up from nothing if a war comes. so it is sort of like buying insurance in that my house might not be on fire today, but if it ever is, i need to know i can get what i need to recover.

I feel it is good that it exists, but lots of fat need to be trimmed and allocated elsewhere.

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In general -in terms of now, do you think the military industrial complex is a good or bad thing? [View all] ColinC Dec 2022 OP

It Has Value ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #1

I agree we are paying too much for it ColinC Dec 2022 #2

My Issue Is, How Do We Know? ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #5

But then my question is -if we are safer with a set amount ColinC Dec 2022 #7

And, There Is The Dilemma ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #9

Same ColinC Dec 2022 #13

+1000 absolutely. WarGamer Dec 2022 #22

What You Said ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #26

I think McDonalds should send all their customers to the Pentagon Turbineguy Dec 2022 #3

... ColinC Dec 2022 #4

It's needed but come on, we over do it. brush Dec 2022 #6

The military industrial complex Doc_Technical Dec 2022 #8

The U.S. does not need to be fighting all the wars it has fought such as Vietnam Dysfunctional Dec 2022 #12

It's hard to say how much those wars are needed to ColinC Dec 2022 #15

So, U.S. military personnel need to die to help the MIC. Dysfunctional Dec 2022 #16

Possibly ColinC Dec 2022 #17

Don't rely on Congress for oversight. Too many thumbs in this Christmas pie. Sneederbunk Dec 2022 #10

Post.Of.The.Day. WarGamer Dec 2022 #23

i guess i'll answer a question with another question Takket Dec 2022 #11

Absolutely agreed ColinC Dec 2022 #14

Without it? WarGamer Dec 2022 #19

Without proper audits I can see this turning into a grifting Russia type sitch ColinC Dec 2022 #20

5 straight failed audits. WarGamer Dec 2022 #21

And if we give them less money, suddenly our planes start falling apart while Contractor CEOs buy ColinC Dec 2022 #24

I don't know the solution... WarGamer Dec 2022 #25

Agreed ColinC Dec 2022 #27

$21T spent since 9/11 WarGamer Dec 2022 #18

It is the federal governments #1 taxpayer-funded jobs program. Mr.Bill Dec 2022 #28