Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Politics@lemmy.ml · edit-28 months agoThe United States spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combinedwww.pgpf.orgimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1288file-text
arrow-up1275imageThe United States spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combinedwww.pgpf.orgMasimatutu@mander.xyz to Politics@lemmy.ml · edit-28 months agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-text
Source (2023-04-24): https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/04/the-united-states-spends-more-on-defense-than-the-next-10-countries-combined
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoThe following is for informational purposes only; do not assume I’m advocating for or against anything. It’s a myth that the US spends more on the military than it does on social programs and healthcare. Medicare Advantage (a simi-private part of Medicare) costs the US about the same as the Army and Navy combined. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/upshot/medicare-advantage-fraud-allegations.html In 2022, the Defense Dep spent 585 Billion dollars while Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare tax credits totaled nearly 3 times that at 1.4 Trillion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_budget#Discretionary_spending The biggest difference in spending between the US and countries like China, Russia, and India is not that we have X times as much or better weapons, it’s that our soldiers and defense contractors are paid US salaries in US dollars.
The following is for informational purposes only; do not assume I’m advocating for or against anything.
It’s a myth that the US spends more on the military than it does on social programs and healthcare.
Medicare Advantage (a simi-private part of Medicare) costs the US about the same as the Army and Navy combined.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/upshot/medicare-advantage-fraud-allegations.html
In 2022, the Defense Dep spent 585 Billion dollars while Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare tax credits totaled nearly 3 times that at 1.4 Trillion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_budget#Discretionary_spending
The biggest difference in spending between the US and countries like China, Russia, and India is not that we have X times as much or better weapons, it’s that our soldiers and defense contractors are paid US salaries in US dollars.