- "If we don't cut back military spending, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable." http://www.alternet.org/audits/100705/ 42 comments politics
- The United States will soon spend more on interest than on the military as the deficit continues to expand. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/business/economy/us-government-debt-interest.html?action=click&module=Top+Stories&pgtype=Homepage 217 comments wallstreetbets
- "The United States $700 Billion Defense Budget Accounts For 48% Of The World's Military Spending, Or $108 For Every Person In The World" [interesting graph] http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/11/25/global-military-defense-budgets/ 30 comments worldnews
- The United States spends more on its military than the rest of the world ... combined. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/spending.htm 99 comments politics
- The United States spends approximately $250 billion each year maintaining its global military presence. Is this a Good Idea(tm)? http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175101/chalmers_johnson_dismantling_the_empire 3 comments politics
- The United States spends more money on its military than the next highest 21 countries combined. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures#SIPRI_military_expenditure_database 7 comments politics
- Will the U.S.Ever Reduce Military Spending? The United State's military expenditures exceed that of every other nation on earth, combined. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/will-we-ever-reduce-military-spending-6769 41 comments politics
- Australia spends $3.5billion to purchase 120 military tanks from the United States as tensions soar with China https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10388087/Australia-spends-3-5billion-purchase-120-tanks-United-States.html 17 comments china
- Australia spends $3.5billion to purchase 120 military tanks from the United States as tensions soar with China https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10388087/Australia-spends-3-5billion-purchase-120-tanks-United-States.html 4912 comments worldnews
- The Military Budget Is a Disgrace. The United States is spending $750 billion on its war machine. That money should be going to food, education, health care, and shelter for working people. https://jacobinmag.com/2019/04/military-budget-trump-space-force-nuclear-weapons-russia/ 4555 comments politics
- The United States is spending a prodigious amount on its military in order to maintain global hegemony, as the US economy is totally dependent on military spending http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2017/09/29/536911/us-increasing-military-spending-to-maintain-global-hegemony 5 comments economy
- No Wonder America Can't Afford Health Care: The United States Accounts For Half Of The World's Military Spending. At Over $800 Billion Per Year, This Is The Equivalent Of Spending $217 For Every Person On The Planet Or $2700 For Every American. http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/11/25/global-military-defense-budgets/ 212 comments politics
- Now, if I told you that almost 50% of the Unites States tax receipts went to military spending, would you think me a liar? Well I would be, because it’s more than 50% http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_timothy__071021__22commonsense_22_and_ou.htm 101 comments politics
- The world spends nearly $3 trillion a year on military expenditures, and the United States drives the bulk of the globe's weapons trade — about 79%, according to figures compiled by the U.S. State Department. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/02/04/global-military-expenditure-and-arms-trade-report.html 322 comments worldnews
- The United States has increased its military spending by 81 percent since 2001 - proving that the military/industrial/congressional complex is alive and well http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/10/global-military-spending-_n_847257.html 131 comments politics
- The 2011 DOD budget request, $708.2 billion in military spending, 310 million people, so that is $2,285 for every man, woman and child in the United States for military spending. http://comptroller.defense.gov/defbudget/fy2011/fy2011_budget_request_overview_book.pdf 5 comments reddit.com
- The United States, which spends as much on its military as the rest of the world combined, is now, literally, too terrorized to hold a trial in its biggest and perhaps most heavily defended city. http://www.guerillapost.com/2010/01/terrorists-are-indeed-winning.html 5 comments politics
- The military spending of every nation on earth in 2008 was 500 billion dollars less than the loans the Federal Reserve gave to undisclosed recipients in the same year. Who owns the United States? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8086117.stm? 4 comments reddit.com
- Trump expects Belgium to increase military spending | United States President Donald Trump wants Belgium to increase its military spending now that it’s expected to host American troops after they withdrew from Germany, he said on Wednesday. https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-news/125187/trump-expects-belgium-to-increase-military-spending/ 40 comments worldnews
- Washington is to spend almost £200m to turn one of its British military bases – already implicated in mass surveillance and drone strikes – into one of its largest intelligene hubs outside the mainland United States. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/washington-spends-200m-creating-intelligence-hub-in-britain-9391406.html 24 comments europe
- Europe should scale up military spending in order to act as a counterpoint to an unpredictable and unreliable United States, the German foreign minister said in an op-ed Wednesday http://time.com/5374299/german-foreign-minister-us-crosses-line-europe/ 380 comments europe
- Europe should scale up military spending in order to act as a counterpoint to an unpredictable and unreliable United States, the German foreign minister said in an op-ed Wednesday http://time.com/5374299/german-foreign-minister-us-crosses-line-europe/ 1096 comments worldnews
- What America Really Values: The United States Accounts For Half Of The World's Military Spending At Over $800 Billion Per Year -- $217 For Every Person On The Planet -- Yet Can't Afford To Provide Minimal Health Care For Its Own Citizens http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/11/25/global-military-defense-budgets/? 40 comments politics
- "The senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee [U.S. Representative Barney Frank] says the biggest reason the United States is seeing its credit downgraded is that it spends too much money being 'the military policemen of the world.'" http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_us_debt_rating_frank?site=ap&section=home&template=default&ctime=2011-08-08-07-24-28 20 comments politics
- 'Spy' F-35s send sensitive Norwegian military data back to Lockheed Martin in the United States: "Is Australia spending $17 billion for the privilege of being spied upon? Norway has just caught its new aircraft secretly sending sensitive data back to the United States." http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/security/spy-f35s-send-sensitive-norwegian-military-data-back-to-lockheed-martin-in-the-united-states/news-story/12b4fafce6b579448cc8416518063d1f 10 comments privacy
- China says U.S. spends too much money on military - The United States is spending too much on its military in light of its recent economic troubles, China's top general said Monday. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/125348498.html 4 comments politics
- Why Romney Is Wrong on Defense Cuts -- "the United States still spends twice as much on its military as the next 10 countries combined, even as the federal government has racked up a trillion-dollar deficit and the American public has grown weary of foreign wars." http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-07-25/why-romney-is-wrong-on-defense-cuts 3 comments politics