http://csis.org/publication/critical-issues-2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/defense-spending-fact-of-the-day_n_1746685.html
Synopsis: America spends more money on National Security than any other country. The national security spending has increased from $600 billion to $894 billion. America's only possible threats Russia and China will spend less than $200 billion. Citizens are paying their taxes to the government and where is it going? The United States Rivals are getting the same equipment but at a way cheaper price. Is all of this money spent on national security really worth it?
Analysis: America is blowing off money that they claim we don't have. Instead of trying to take money from the people in the world struggling to survive, we should increase taxes on citizens that make higher income. Wealthy people only make up 1% of the U.S, so why increase taxes on the majority of the world living descent lives? Lowering Medicare is not at all neccessary if we can get the money for support from somewhere else. America spends most of our money on security and all of it is not needed. If the U.S will stop trying to point a gun at everyone else and stop worrying about how other countries are ran, we can put money towards more important things such as health care. I don't believe that america realizes some of the things we experience, we've actually brought onto our selves. We need to learn a better strategy on how to balance our spending and not put money towards one specific thing. All of the money we spend towards nuclear weapons that we could possibley use in the future, could actually be used to help save lives TODAY!!!!
The Fiscal Cliff crisis is where we are at due to the spending. Defense spending for our national security is high but not nearly as high as it was under other administrations. Certainly, we as a nation need to priortize while being fiscally rsponsible.
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