I saw this article last night, and was a bit shocked. I mean, I knew that we put a lot of resources into our wars, but $1.756 trillion? Isn't that a little absurd when we seem to always be in some sort of debt?
I think that this money, although important, should be delegated to other areas of our society. Such as providing extra law enforcement officers in areas where there is a lot of violence, or facilitating the purchase of top-of-the-line textbooks for schools who really need it.
With this much money, we could actually give every person in the world $249. This would feed a lot of people for almost half of the year and sustain livelihood for them and their families.
http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending
What do you guys think? Should so much money and resources be going towards our constant war effort, or should it be delegated elsewhere?
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