Why the US Military Budget Is Highest in the World
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2024
- The United States spent a staggering $766 billion on its military during the 2022 fiscal year, and the simple fact is that this number will never decrease. If anything, it’s only going to rise higher. That should come as no surprise to anybody who realizes that running - and protecting - a global superpower doesn’t come cheap. And yet, many people want cuts in military spending. But for those who don't we will discus this today in this video, watch now!
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As a Brit, I think America carries NATO far too hard and us European countries do not pull our weight, I understand why Donald Trump would want to ‘pull out of Europe’ because we aren’t even trying. The UK France and Germany should, realistically be able to beat Russia alone if it came to a land invasion, let alone the fact we have the rest of the incredible nations on the continent to aid us. I love having the US on our side, but I fear we are too reliant and we aren’t cooperating with them, rather letting them carry our dead weight. We each need to exceed our 2% of GPD on defence in order to take some weight off the US shoulders and show them that we are willing to play our part in the upcoming world war rather than be used as glorified US bases. I appreciate the American help, I understand the American frustration.
As the United States Marine corps veteran I thank you for your open and honest opinion.
Air Force veteran here. I agree with this post.
I’ve said this for a long time, While i don’t like trump as a president he was 100% right with wanting to pull out of NATO. They are using US as a bulletproof vest/Bodyguard!
you need some serious growing up, my dear.
@@pameti.dragoblago thank you for your contribution to the discussion sweetheart, but trust me, I’m grown.
To summarize, if you don't employ the brightest minds in the field, your enemy will.
Nice job guys
If we are going to look at how American is spending money, maybe we should look at the fact America spends more on just the interest for its debt each year ($870 billion) than it does on its military ($822 billion).
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Yeah we spend more on our debt and military than the next 20 countries combined spend on just their military, were still #1 in the top 10 combined of military alone..
That doesn't even mention that we spent 1.2 trillion dollars on social welfare programs in 2022. I don't have more recent stats, but I highly doubt it's any less. We absolutely need a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. Our spending is completely out of control. The problem is that while people may complain about the debt, they absolutely do not want to commit to what needs to be done to lower it. It will involve massive cuts, including to entitlement programs as well as raised taxes. Cuts or tax increases on their own wouldn't be enough. When it comes down to actually walking the walk, very few people actually want to commit to those hardships and thus the problems become even worse and are kicked down the road to the next generation. Eventually that bill is going to come due and whatever generation is stuck holding the check is going to get completely devastated. We apparently absolutely hate our descendants.
Still 13.5 times less gdp % wise than we spent in ww2. If that tells you anything. 850 billion is just military standby money for the U.S right now.
@itsreapernecrosis2215 it's not stand-by money. World War II was literally a global disaster where countries were fighting for thier very existence. Economies were put on war-time footing and pushed to the very brink of collapse. People were asked to sacrifice pretty much all luxuries for the cause. We aren't even in a war personally right now, much less a worldwide one. It's completely disingenuous to compare our situation now to WWII and claim we are spending comparatively less of our GDP. Of course we are.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the next few years...
Military spending starts with research and development. This, arguably is the most cost intensive expenditure of a modern army. However, this cost is easily bypassed by China, where they simply steal the technology, or buy it on the black market from supposed allies (Israel) who we freely provide our intelligence and military technology with. Compounded by the fact we "integrate" foreign nationals into our military, offerring a "path to citizenship" for nationals of hostile countries, is enabling a license to steal/spy...
This is wholly evident by the fact that China and Russian "technology" is exact reversed engineered replicas of western military hardware. The only reason our adversaries have any technology close to ours, is because we ALLOWED them to steal it. Or we shared our technology to "Allied" foreign nations (Israel), who then sold it to our adversaries...
1. Why does the US provide munitions to Israel when Israel can produce them itself? The answer is simple, US aid can only be used to purchase US made weaponry.
2. Why does the US aid Israel? Because the US gains more than Israel. Israeli technology transfer, intelligence sharing of the middle east, bases to park your logistic footprint, influence, leverage, stimulus for the US economy and military industries, and come with string attached often cutting out the competition etc..
3. What happens if the US stops aiding Israel? Israel becomes dependent on its own production line. Israel has its own defense industry and will no longer be required to be under the pressure of US interests. Receiving aid from the US makes Israel committed to US' interests and pressure. The US pressures Israel to not export Israeli made arms to certain countries deemed rogue by the US or hostile to the US. Now how much of revenue is lost annually because of this?
4. Why would the US continue to aid Israel? The aid the US provides to Israel are not free gifts. The US brokered a deal promising aid if Israel returns Sinai back to Egypt. Yes, the US made Israel give up 60,000 km2 of land (3 times bigger than Israel today) promising aid in return.
5. Does the US benefit from aiding Israel? Absolutely, Israel battle tested US F-15, F-16 and F-35, promoting US weapons to the world as capable and combat proven thus increasing interests and sales for the US and then sharing operation data of the systems back to the US. Another benefit for the US is that the aid effectively "kills" Israeli military systems that competes with US made systems. The US pressured Israel to cancel Israeli Lavi fighter jet program because the US was afraid it would compete with the US F-16 on the market. So in return the US proposed ongoing aid. You see, the US aid is not free gifts, it's a tool. Some say US foreign "aid" is economic imperialism with strings attached.
6. What will happen to Israel if the US withdraws all support and isolate Israel? The US stands to lose almost as much as Israel. Russia and China will cozy up to Israel for Israeli cutting edge technology. This will be the US and Europe's biggest nightmare, imagine Russia and China with Israeli made weapons. The US will never allow this to happen.
Russia and China are already further advanced militarily than the USA. Israel doesn't have hypersonic weapons and neither does the US. But China and Russia have them.
@@LunaLapin-ho5tk Nonsense. Just because Israel doesn't have strategic bombers or nuclear powered submarines doesn't mean Israel isn't capable of developing and building them. It just doesn't need to. Hypersonic missiles are not even battle tested. There are many weapons that can perform better than hypersonic missiles.
The US doesn't have hypersonic missiles? Then what is ARRW missile?
@@LunaLapin-ho5tk Where you got this fantasy from? Just because Israel doesn't have strategic bombers or nuclear powered submarines doesn't mean Israel don't have the capability to develop them or build them. The same analogy can be applied to hypersonic missiles. Smaller nations just don't have the luxury to fund these expensive missiles. Israel have other means which are more effective, moreover Hypersonic missiles are not even battle tested.
@@LunaLapin-ho5tk The US ARRW missile is hypersonic missile. I suggest you get updated.
@@IsraelMilitaryChannel I guess I forgot to use the word "fully functional". The US missile sucks when it comes to accuracy. They might as well name it the Snark II.
Considering the fact that almost 95% of “donations” to Ukraine remain tightly in the pockets of a handful of US companies, and with the choice of words for Ukraine, the narrator knew exactly the number of US spending. For Israel, it was 10,000 tons, which, by the way, Ukraine did not even receive 2,000 tons of in direct delivery. The US claimed to provide the cutting-edge new Abrams tanks, but we received an older variant in a small quantity-35 out of the US stockpile of 5,000. The same situation applies to all the weapons that the US particularly spent on Ukraine.
Most of the Republicans in the US Congress are against Ukraine
The Ukraine is a US proxy war and it's already lost. We're just making the surviving people of the Ukraine wealthy, Zelensky is a billionaire, Ukraine politicians are millionaires, Ukrainian refugees have their medical care and pensions paid for by the US. It's time to pull the plug.
As much I sometimes hate the US government with their international polices as being a foreigner who lives in Southeast Asia, one thing I appreciate is for the US military to maintain the military force everywhere as it's accommodates for free trade between nations.
The US military doesn't accommodate free trade between nations, it's there to force the third world to buy dollars every time they want to make a cross border trade. We are keeping the third world poverty stricken because it makes us wealthier. The US proxy war in the Ukraine is being waged in an effort to regain control over the third world because they are considered our colonies.
I’m all for the military having a high budget. The more that goes into it, the safer the country will be.
The corruption is so bad, that for example their air force pays for a bag of generic turbine engine bushings for 90,000 dollars. Every politician has their hand in the cookie jar.
After typing as i was listening and at the end realised they said everything i typed in the end i thought I'd delete it all and just say hello fellow tubes
It doesn't need to be replenished, we're not sending personal defense current stock.
800+ military bases
The US makes money by selling weapons so even though it seems like a lot of money realistically how much is returned?
US arms sales 2023 238 billion
When the U.S. sends military equipment to Ukraine, it's not just about giving away weapons; it's a smart move on multiple fronts. Much of this gear is from the older stock that the U.S. military no longer uses because it's planning to upgrade to the latest technology anyway. Normally, getting rid of old military equipment is expensive and complicated. It has to be transported, broken down, and disposed of, all of which costs money and takes time.
By sending this older equipment to Ukraine, the U.S. turns a potential expense into an advantage. Yes, the U.S. still covers the cost of transporting this equipment and training Ukrainian forces to use it. However, Ukraine takes on the responsibility of "disposing" of it, in a sense, by using it for their defense. This is much faster and ultimately cheaper than the drawn-out process the U.S. would otherwise face.
This strategy is not only cost-effective but also strengthens the partnership between the U.S. and Ukraine. It helps Ukraine defend itself without burdening the U.S. with the costs and logistics of disposing of old equipment. So, in the end, sending military aid to Ukraine is a win-win: it supports an ally in need and saves the U.S. time and money.
The reason the US gives the farm to the ukraine is because the Ukraine is charging the US to host the US proxy war to push Nato east, which we've lost. But the war won't stop until the US stops paying for the cannon fodder. Everything we give to the Ukraine is wasted taxpayer dollars.
More than just peace, it's USD dollar
If the big companies are too big to fail then those companies should give their plans to smaller to be able to keep producing and maintain
I believe the US must be able to keep going at having the most powerful military and make the most advanced technologies but I think there needs to be a better system to make it cost effective and keep America’s capabilities at top levels
Haha good luck solving that. Joining the Military is only enticing if that are well compensated.
We don't have the most powerful military. China and Russia are more technically advantaged militarily, and as for size, the US ranks number 9. China is 5 and Russia is 6. The US cannot even get enough recruits because the military is so poorly run under this administration.
‘MURICA! Fuck yeah!
(Kidding, those with broken sarcasm detectors…)
So are you pro (North) America? (the USA, to be precise)
Is it possible to do a video state by state, can one of our states take on a country, as we go up the line how many states would it take, like let's say California Oregon Washington how many different countries can those three states just them alone with the military hardware could defeat or and defend against? How many states worth of military might, and hardware would it be to take on the EU. How many states only would it take to defeat all of Africa, how many states could defeat and or defend against Russia, how many states would it take to defeat China. So on and so forth, I think this would be a fantastic video can Oregon take on Italy. Can California take on Saudi Arabia. Could New York take on.. Great Britain, could South Carolina oops North Carolina and South Carolina oops North Carolina and South Carolina North Carolina, and Virginia take on Scandinavian countries?
Texas alone take on India? I think you get my point. I understand this video would take probably three months to put together but I'm looking forward to it. No one's ever done a video like that at all
Well, California, Oregon, and Washington wouldn't have a chance with their strict gun control, and small, ill equipped national guard. California can't even take on shoplifters and Californian criminals. The US has lost all ability to protect it's self because of idiocy.
Is anyone else frustrated with the background music frequently being SO LOUD during portions of each episode that you can barely hear the narrator? It tends to especially be that way on the compilation videos. I love Geopolitico and Infographics show, but PLEASE lower the music level so we can hear the content! 😂
This is so messed up.
WAR IS EXPENSIVE
I don’t see why the USA needs to send weapons to Israel when Israel already makes high quality weapons
We have to have more military deployment companies, reduce the prices of everything and have more places to produce weapons and technology
Military development companies not deployment
LOL US has no bases on China.. bad graphics
lol wtf
Wtf China Russia Iran North Korea.
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and americans rn who want ukraine to lose and close the border think they can just simply put all that money into the economy. xD
I don’t know about China not needing to spend less …
But China doesn’t have to worry about they/them do they!
I should think all Chinese soldiers are men
Unlike the way the west is going
Based upon BidenFlation it should be over a trillion now.
Our military spending has no strategic vision. Thats why we have 11 aircraft carriers that represent a vast amount of money (too big to conceive). And much like battleships who reached their apex in WWII a good 20 years after they were already obsolete, so are aircraft carriers today.
Wait...how are aircraft carriers obsolete?
@@breveth well, you'll never see them anywhere near Russia or China.
@@steveclapper5424 I dunno who told you that, but you are confused. Sure, they will never go to Port in China or Russia. But to say they never go into strike range is just nonsense. The US Navy is capable of operating in the open ocean. China's Navy can only operate off of its coast. Who knows if Russia even has a Navy at this point.
The trouble with aircraft carriers and other large military ships is that China has their own GPS system and the US cannot hide our ships any longer. With Russia and China having hypersonic weaponry, the US is in deep trouble.
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