Should we decrease the US military budget?
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Let me be generous. Let's say our funding should be as much as whomever the next three big spenders on the list are combined. That's really really good. It means no one else could ever come close on their own to thumping us. And... we already have that. In fact we spend MORE than that. So we definitely don't need a Trump military extravaganza at the expense of virtually everything else on the table. Side: Yes
Yes, eventually. We have been free national security for many of our allies around the world. We don't get thanks, we get discontent. The US should put our allies on notice that it is time for them to start shouldering more of the burden for their own security. Then, we should slowly retract our forces as they build their own. We will still have to maintain a strong global presence, but with our allies being more involved, we can decrease our military budget while maintaining, and perhaps increasing our strength. Side: Yes
17 guys of various nationalities blow up two American towers. America starts a war with a single country that none of the bombers were from. Europe asks America to think about what it's doing. America says no. Starts another war with another country based on faulty evidence. Also decides to drone strike in nations it isn't supposed to be in. Europe get dragged into proceedings. Millions of people die, mostly of starvation, thirst and collateral damage. Some of the families of those who died get angry and want to fight back against the Americans and Europeans. They start fighting back against the Americans and Europeans. Americans withdraw their troops, elect a nationalist moron, and refuse to acknowledge any fault or deal with any fallout. "We are justified and everybody ese is wrong". World disagrees. America declares itself fed up of the unselfish world. Rest of the world sighs and wishes America wasn't such an oversized child. Side: No
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What? We already tax the hell out of the rich. Do you know that the top 10% wealthy people in the USA already pay well over HALF of all the taxes the IRS gets every year? It is not unusual for somebody in the top income bracket to pay nearly 40% of their annual income in taxes. Wheeras, somebody like you probably pays less than half that. Side: Yes
Both Russia and China upped the ante in both nuclear and conventional armaments quite some time ago while ex President ( inertia) Obama followed his cunning plan of make a few well rehearsed speeches and do nothing. President Trump is now in a catch-up situation and of course the progressive fire-side generals are all bellowing, foul, we should remain at a military disadvantage. On top of this we have crackpot regimes to deal with such as North Korea to deal with. Side: No
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