Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoThe 'totally necessary' amount the US spends on Defenselemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down19
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minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI read it brings USA down under 3.5% of GDP but I’d love some better sources on that.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoi was mentioning the 62billion out of the 900billion/year. its seems very small if you think about how many service members(enlisted and officers) + thier families.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWell that was the thing, they say defence contractors, but some of it goes to pensioins and healthcare.
minus-squareAlaik@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months ago2020-2024 over half of the military budget went to contractors. 54%. https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/profits-war-top-beneficiaries-pentagon-spending-2020-2024
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSources, nice! So 46% can go to pensions or anything else.
I read it brings USA down under 3.5% of GDP but I’d love some better sources on that.
i was mentioning the 62billion out of the 900billion/year. its seems very small if you think about how many service members(enlisted and officers) + thier families.
Well that was the thing, they say defence contractors, but some of it goes to pensioins and healthcare.
2020-2024 over half of the military budget went to contractors. 54%.
https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/profits-war-top-beneficiaries-pentagon-spending-2020-2024
Sources, nice!
So 46% can go to pensions or anything else.