Debate Questions On Military Spending

Answering this question is more complicated than it might seem which is reflected in the military spending debate.

Debate questions on military spending. Defense spending and the deficit debate this backgrounder discusses the effects of such major cuts and implications for u s. We should cut our military spending because as much as we want a strong defense we certainly don t need to spend 700 billion a year on our military when the next biggest spender on the planet spends only 140 billion a year. Question of the day. In national debt debate military spending wrongly blamed for mounting.

And we should cut military spending by re allocating it so the overall level of government spending on things like equipment and infrastructure doesn t drop. First as i noted in both my blake and general topic essays president elect trump wants to substantially increase military spending by approx. According to the official estimates from the fy96 budget in 1995 national defense took 271 6 billion out of 1 538 9 billion total government outlays or 18 the pentagon has said that it s fy97 budget would represent about 15 of federal outl ays. For instance the uk is 8 and france is 5.

Compare this to the rates of spending in other first world countries. The amount of money needed to maintain the greatest military in the world cannot be determined in a vacuum. Instead it requires a clear eyed understanding of what we want our men and women in uniform to do and what sort of arms and equipment they need to do it. 150 billion per year and he s expressed interest in specific programs such as naval expansion missile defense and substantially increasing the end.

Military spending should be cut in specific areas as it s percentage of the total budget it excessive. Over 40 of the government s total yearly budget goes to military spending. Next month president obama will propose his fy2017 budget and the public debate over. The debate over the 2021 budget and the constantly growing federal deficit has been heightened by.

The military spending topic is one of the most timely topics the pf community has ever debated. Backgrounder by jonathan masters.