Why does america spend so much money in military....

[NZStreetBaller]

But no free healthcare???

Last time i checked they had 611billion in military more than the next 10 countries combined yet no free healthcare. And apparently pharmaceutical items are hella expensive. Is this true??

Does this mean that the United states are more focused on protection or dominance then the standard of living of their own people??

Just curios

#berniesanders

[bdreason]

Because when the World Economy collapses, and eventually it will, the U.S. will be able to take whatever they want, from whomever they want. That's the benefit of having tactical nukes pointed at every Country in the World.

I'm not saying I agree with Military spending, but it's pretty obvious the U.S. is positioning itself for the next World War.

[Jameerthefear]

But no free healthcare???

Last time i checked they had 611billion in military more than the next 10 countries combined yet no free healthcare. And apparently pharmaceutical items are hella expensive. Is this true??

Does this mean that the United states are more focused on protection or dominance then the standard of living of their own people??

Just curios

#berniesanders

you do realize the u.s. military is one of the biggest providers of social welfare right?

[Hawker]

Because other countries want us to protect them. Australia and Singapore for example both promote US expansion in the Asia Pacific region to protect their assets, balance out China and provide economic stability.

Our pharmaceutical items are expensive and as a result the majority of funding for R&D for these items come from America and the rest of the world benefits. Why do we have to subsidize the rest of the world's healthcare and military?

Not all of us can be an all white population in the middle of nowhere (New Zealand) and claim that we take care of ourselves while clearly benefitting from what the US provides.

[Nick Young]

But no free healthcare???

Last time i checked they had 611billion in military more than the next 10 countries combined yet no free healthcare. And apparently pharmaceutical items are hella expensive. Is this true??

Does this mean that the United states are more focused on protection or dominance then the standard of living of their own people??

Just curios

#berniesanders

Free healthcare is unsustainable and and leads to laziness. Just look at the failing EU as an example as to why the US doesn't offer free healthcare.


The American standard of living would go down if we did not have a dominant military.

Here's an example how: In the US, the price of gas is like $3 a gallon.

In the UK, it's

[Nick Young]

Not all of us can be an all white population in the middle of nowhere (New Zealand) and claim that we take care of ourselves while clearly benefitting from what the US provides.

Exactly.

Without America protecting them, New Zealand would not have the standard of living that it does. Because New Zealand doesn't have to invest in military infrastructure, they are able to invest their meager GDP in improving the standards of living for its people instead (see also Canada).


OP, you guys would be like East Timor if America was not subsidizing your military and offering protection.

Be grateful for it.

[navy]

Free healthcare doesnt exist and let's be honest, the united states military budget is unsustainable. The funny thing is that we could cut our budget and still be just as strong.

[Patrick Chewing]

Free Healthcare isn't cheap.

[Hawker]

Exactly.

Without America protecting them, New Zealand would not have the standard of living that it does. Because New Zealand doesn't have to invest in military infrastructure, they are able to invest their meager GDP in improving the standards of living for its people instead (see also Canada).


OP, you guys would be like East Timor if America was not subsidizing your military and offering protection.

Be grateful for it.

US and New Zealand are actually no longer allies but friends due to New Zealand disallowing US ships holding nukes from entering their waters.

I believe it's steadily being renegotiated but they are not as close as Australia is and defending them isn't as automatic in a time of crisis.

[~primetime~]

We could benefit from moving 5%-10% military spending toward healthcare IMO.

[NZStreetBaller]

So new zealand australia and all those other countries have free healthcare but the richest country in the world doesnt??? Yet they can spend billions on weapons of mass destruction??

[Patrick Chewing]

So new zealand australia and all those other countries have free healthcare but the richest country in the world doesnt??? Yet they can spend billions on weapons of mass destruction??

How do you have this insider information? Are you a spy??

[NumberSix]

Health care is too important to let government fcuk it up.

[DeuceWallaces]

We could benefit from moving 5%-10% military spending toward healthcare IMO.

And then another 10% into public education.

I'll take another 5-10% for infrastructure.

[ALBballer]

You can hate Trump but he makes a good point that we are defending the rest of the world.

Germany, Japan, Italy, Denmark etc are spending 1-2% of their GDP on their military defense while the United States spends 3.5% of their GDP on military defense. Time to let the rest of the world fend for themselves especially these socialist European countries that are essentially receiving free protection allowing these countries to spend a larger portion of their GDP in terms of social services for their citizens.

And then another 10% into public education.

I'll take another 5-10% for infrastructure.

Infrastructure sure but we already are near the top in the world in terms of education per student and it hasn't gotten us much.



Now I'm not sure what the answer is to improving education but I don't think throwing more money at the problem will fix the issue.