Military Budget

As citizens of the United States of America we must pay taxes to the government. The government takes these taxes and distributes them among different areas to fund each are; one of the highest percentages of spending goes to defense. The whopping amount of around 610 billion dollars makes the United States’ military the largest in the world, so large that its funding out-weighs the next seven highest spending countries. The problem with this is that the military does not really solve the large amount of very important domestic affairs; in fact we barely see the fruits of it. There are many reasons why we should cut down on the percentage spent on defense and focus more on other areas.

With the numbers totaled the defense budget is currently sitting at a solid 3.5 percent of our GDP and there are still questions on how much more we can put in to make this country safe. The White House is calling for more money to be spent on national defense and their economists say that the United States can withstand a gross spending of somewhere around 9 to 10 percent of our GDP. The money to pay for any

“The federal budget is the yearly plan for how the US government will spend the money it takes from taxes and borrowing.” After thoroughly analyzing the federal budget from 2012, it is unquestionably evident that a majority of the money is being put into a few major categories, leaving room for the rest of the smaller categories to be financially neglected. Is this fair? It seems that the money could be more fairly distributed, and that there is room for cuts in some of the larger categories, to improve the littler ones. In each of the three budget clusters, the US Government should make adjustments in the way it is distributing money; changes involving the big five, the middle

“The United States spent $598.5 billion dollars alone on the military in 2015. That is 54% of all spending in 2015. The US only spent $70 billion (6%) on education and $13.1 billion (1%) on food and agriculture.” (“Military Spending”). This shows what Americans really value.

In the past America has been a dominant superpower in the field of military strength, but for the last few decades, our military has encountered abounding liquidations and sequestrations, which lead to huge budget cuts. Nevertheless, America has faced many politicians planning to cut down on our military by virtue of it is simply cost effective. The Clinton Foundation has been cutting our military for countless years. Also, under the Obama Administration has been enacting laws comparable to the Budget Control Act or (BCA) which has been siphoning our military for the past 8 years. For countless years, defense officials remain silent due to the Obama Administration, vaguely America could keep its budget under control. Consequently, all four

“We must never forget why we have, and why we need our military. Our armed forces exist solely to ensure our nation is safe, so that each and every one of us can sleep soundly at night, knowing we have guardians at the gate,” said Allen West,a retired Army lieutenant colonel and a former member of the House of Representatives. He explained America’s need for a strong military perfectly in this quote. The United States depends on their military to protect them from all different kinds of threats like cyber warfare or terrorist attacks.

The American people all consider this aspect of our country by far the most important. They consider killing our enemies far more important than, for example, their children's education and future or the stability of the suffering veterans that have endured war. They consider seeking revenge for the tragedy that happened fifteen years ago more important than medicine and helping the sick, the poor, the homeless, the suffering, the American citizens that need help. The government needs to focus on America first, and then think about seeking revenge for the lives lost on 9/11. However, the exact opposite happens in the government’s budget spending. 53.7% of America’s spending goes to the military while only 6.3% goes towards education (Federal Spending: Where Does the Money Go). 598.5 billion dollars goes to the war in the Middle East every year; America gives more money to their military than China, Saudi Arabia, Great Britain, Russia, Japan, India, Germany, France, Italy, and South Korea combined (Defense Budget by Country). The American government spends their money on an overpolitasized war while they could spend it on education. Education leads to better jobs and a higher job growth. Better jobs will lead to less crime since most criminals turn to crime in search of money. Less crime makes America safer for obvious

Therefore the military does not have the money to pay them what they need to be paid besides what the government gets to pay them through taxes. (Federal revenue: Where does the money come from). Government spending has military as the third largest source of spending which confuses me because i think that our country's protection should be the number one priority (federal spending: where does the money go). Now that you know the causes now i'm going to show you how it affects them and

The United States spends far more than any other country on defense and security with no end in sight to their expenditures. The total military spending by the United States is nearly equal to the combined military spending of every other nation combined. This unreasonable amount of spending hinders the capacity to provide basic needs, as well as eliminating money that can be used to resolve other domestic issues, while at the same time allowing for short-term economic prosperity and increasing our national defense capacity.

The United Stated government only spends about 5,2% of their GDP(global domestic product) for educational purposes, and in money, that is equivalent to $898.5 million out of the $17.97 trillion that they make. (CIA Factbook) Because of this shortage of funding, many schools, especially public schools in Chicago, are forced to work with less money, and don’t allow them to be able to create extracurricular programs for the students, make renovations in the school, or do other things of that nature. The total CPS budget is $5.69 billion, but they are facing a shortfall of one billion dollars.(Bradley) That is about 18% of CPS’ total budget that is being taken away from them. This shows how big a problem these cuts actually are and how much it affects the schools and the community. One of the areas of the country’s budget that could be spent less on is military. The United States’ total discretionary spending, which is the government spending implemented through an appropriations bill and are usually necessities, is around $1.11 trillion in 2015. The military expenditure 53.71% of the total discretionary spending, which is $598.49 billion, while the government only spends 6.28% on education, which is $69.98 billion.(nationalpriorities.org) That is a $528.51 billion difference! Does the United States actually have to spend that much on their military? The United States is the country that spends the most on its military, at about $1.56 trillion

The United States is spending huge amounts of money on military defense when there are other problem areas in our society that are in need of more funding.

To fund or not to fund the Armed Forces? Many Americans have asked why we should pay for the military. Is the military a priority to fund during harsh economic times? Critics argue that the military is overfunded. The military should be shrink and suffer budget cuts, to save the country billions of dollars. This might, however back fire at the U.S if passed. The Armed Forces are an important component of the Country. Under funding the military will cause the United

The military is responsible for protecting an entire world of people, not just the United States as some like to believe. People, especially Americans, tend to criticize these responsibilities, yet the military is still fighting for every single one of their freedoms and democracy. Negative reports of the few individuals in the military cause the entire military to seem untrustworthy and unreliable, which is part of the reason that the military doesn’t get the funds it needs to be able to support itself or the roles that those in the military play. The people definitely do not support the military as much as they should, especially for what the men and women of this country are risking their lives for every single day just to make sure that

Funding is allocated for training by congress through a centralized funding agreement which is distributed among the fifty states and territories based on their training needs. The National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C. will provide the states United States Property and Fiscal Offices (USPF&O) funding based on its yearly requirements (Department of the Army, 2013). As a result, the funding for the leadership development plan and implementation will be budgeted and paid for through the Training and Operations department out of the State of Mississippi’s budget. Therefore, the earlier in the fiscal year the plan can be proposed, the earlier the funding will be allocated.

Thanks so much for going into the details of how this country has been trashed by greed and the bankers. We're not only running out of schemes we're running out countries to invade, how many wars have we started, how many trillions of dollars have gone into Military Industrial Complex? Who are the primary benefactors of war? The 1% that's who. Who are the victims of war? Our military, and mostly women, children, and civilians; mostly countries that have no ability to take on a war, but wars that are initiated by false flag operations designed to steal the land, and confiscate currency. This country certainly can't afford another war, but the 1% seem to think they are invincible to their own poison.