Pros And Cons Of Military Spending
More or Less: Military Defense Spending
David Dmytryszyn
Baker College
More or Less: Military Defense Spending The 9/11 attacks forced Americans to have to start worrying about their homeland being attacked at anytime. This added to military spending in the billions. That along with the war in Iraq and the numerous military bases and troops stationed around the world has sent the military spending budget well over 500 billion a year.(globalissues.org, 2009) 500 hundred is the budget but the American government spends far more. There is a hidden cost that not every American will see. 300 billion more is spent on military related fields such as foreign military aid, retirement pay, and veterans’ benefits. (globialissues.org, 2009) That sum does not even include the funding for the operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. In total the operational costs for the U.S. military has rose over a trillion dollars in 2008. (globalissues.org, 2009) Military spending has not been as high since World War II in 1945 and 1946.(Weidenbaum, 2003) Is America’s armed forces and government obsessed with war and showing off their muscle or is all this money that is being spent to protect …show more content…
In an audit done by the Government Accountability Office they released a report that discovered so many deficiencies it could not list them all. (Hedgpeth, 2008) It estimated that over 13 billion dollars has been wasted or stolen in the efforts in Iraq. (Hedgpeth, 2008) The 13 billion could have stayed in the United States and went towards creating over 300 thousand American jobs. That would have instantly helped the American economy. It would have had a great impact on a lot of Americans life’s instead it was wasted in a country that we are at war with and trying to rebuild at the same time. Americans well being or embezzlers well being? Not a hard
David Dmytryszyn
Baker College
More or Less: Military Defense Spending The 9/11 attacks forced Americans to have to start worrying about their homeland being attacked at anytime. This added to military spending in the billions. That along with the war in Iraq and the numerous military bases and troops stationed around the world has sent the military spending budget well over 500 billion a year.(globalissues.org, 2009) 500 hundred is the budget but the American government spends far more. There is a hidden cost that not every American will see. 300 billion more is spent on military related fields such as foreign military aid, retirement pay, and veterans’ benefits. (globialissues.org, 2009) That sum does not even include the funding for the operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. In total the operational costs for the U.S. military has rose over a trillion dollars in 2008. (globalissues.org, 2009) Military spending has not been as high since World War II in 1945 and 1946.(Weidenbaum, 2003) Is America’s armed forces and government obsessed with war and showing off their muscle or is all this money that is being spent to protect …show more content…
In an audit done by the Government Accountability Office they released a report that discovered so many deficiencies it could not list them all. (Hedgpeth, 2008) It estimated that over 13 billion dollars has been wasted or stolen in the efforts in Iraq. (Hedgpeth, 2008) The 13 billion could have stayed in the United States and went towards creating over 300 thousand American jobs. That would have instantly helped the American economy. It would have had a great impact on a lot of Americans life’s instead it was wasted in a country that we are at war with and trying to rebuild at the same time. Americans well being or embezzlers well being? Not a hard