this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2022
9 points (100.0% liked)

United States | News & Politics

7209 readers
361 users here now

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
pangyuehung@lemmy.ml
yogthos@lemmy.ml
9
US industrial output is around $2 trillion, with over half of it going to the military. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
top 3 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

"defense" budget

[–] holdengreen@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

unsurprising sadly

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Ask any yank why they need such an absurdly bloated budget, who USA fears so much - and they'll tell you it's to "stop Russian/Chinese aggression".