Can The U.S. Afford Its Military Aid Promises?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2024
- U.S. defense spending and military aid costs are adding up. President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion U.S. military aid package in April 2024, allocating funding to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region. This is on top of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024, which authorized military spending of a record $886 billion. U.S. military spending and aid packages bolster the American defense industry. “People think we’re sending a big check to Ukraine”, Gregory Hayes, CEO of RTX, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box”. “The fact is what most of that money will do will go to support American defense industries here in the U.S."
The five largest U.S. defense companies, Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, had Department of Defense contracts totaling more than $118 billion in fiscal year 2022. “There’s a lot of foreign countries that get aid from the United States that’s predicated upon using that aid to buy U.S. hardware,” said Ken Herbert, aerospace and defense analyst at RBC Capital Markets, told CNBC.
Watch this video to learn more about where the U.S. sends military aid and personnel and how defense spending impacts the world at large.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:44 Chapter 1 - Where the U.S. sends money
5:28 Chapter 2 - U.S. defense companies
8:37 Chapter 3 - Boots on the ground
Produced by: Shawn Baldwin
Edited by: Andrea Miller
Animation: Jason Reginato
Supervising Producer: Lindsey Jacobson
Additional Footage: Getty Images
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Can The U.S. Afford Its Military Aid Promises?
They forgot to include the part of how much money is made on weapon sales and corporate kickbacks.
That's evil
Bingo ! Why do you think we are always at war ?
No such thing as free lunch 😂
Kindly return your profile picture back to Wikipedia. 😉😆😆
find out on SIPRI
Now you know why so many Americans don’t have healthcare
Thats antisemitic
tHa'S cOmMuNiSm
is it because Republicans keep voting against it?
like less than 8% don't have healthcare
60% of americans have "free" healthcare and its awful quality. If healthcare was free market it would be the best outcome.
israel should pay for itself
Those Hollywood movies haven’t been making good money
True
Do you know how many things Israel has made for United States special forces and not even counting the private security sector know the fact is we should probably be paying them probably like a few hundred billion a year
This is "antisemitism "😅😂
America very rich. We can pay for anything
Here’s our money. Now buy our products and give us our money back 😂
It’s cheaper just to give them our old equipment lol it’s just a prolonged transaction. Same as me giving my friend 10$ to buy 10$ of materials off me
@@markgonzales5172 that’s also happening. Plenty of old stuff has been given through 3rd countries but they do need newer equipment such as drones and Ground to air missiles.
Yea but Ukraine and Israel sell those weapons to other countries no?
That’s how you buy friendships and become a world power, without it china would already have taking your place even tho they are still poorer
this is how you transfer tax payers money to the industrial military complex legally. Some people make crazy profits on the back of poor Ukrainians
Lol. "Police"?! Call it what it is, a security force for maintaining America's political interests and resources
Yes
so what was the interest in bombing iraq?
@@tengrici431 Regime change, a neocon hit job on Iraq, or something like that.
You mean ready attack force
What the hell are you talking about dude the police are useless 300 to 1 the BML riots the Palestinian riots the antifa riots all the police do is give you a speeding ticket in a bad attitude stop blaming the police
Most of the wars are not worth it.
all of them arent worth it.
Yep
depends on who you ask, the weapon manufactures love it...
@@carholic-sz3qv True, but there are situations when you should fight. If every country except for Germany adopted this attitude we would all speak German and lift our right arm a lot more often then what we are used to with all of its grisly consequences.
Yeah, I have been saying for a long time, if politicians want war they can go fight themselves.
My son’s school may lose six teachers due to the lack of funds.
That's 6 more servicemen/servicewomen. 😂😂
Sorry I'm laughing at the situation at your son's school, but I just couldn't help joking about it.
Unlikely. I don't know where you are but average spending per public school student is about $15,000 per student. That's $300,000 for a class of 20 students... If anything our schools are massively overfunded. How is that possible? For the same reason fertilizer runoff is bad for streams. Sure it helps plants to grow but they grow so much that the stream gets clogged up with algae. Money makes bureaucracy grow and when you have countless administrators, councilors, specialist, etc. you spend all your money there, meeting their needs and forget to actually hire teachers, pay them well, and provide basic supplies to the classroom.
If teachers are losing needed teachers it's because the money went to something else, something that doesn't teach your kid to read and do basic math.
@@ThubanDraconisAgree totally with you except I don't think fertilizer should be regulated, but that's another topic. My school district spends around $22k per student per year, if I'm remembering correctly. Way, way too much money. Many Christian schools could easily do education for 4-10k per student without the liberal propaganda, and homeschooling is another great option as well.
Don’t worry look at how cool the F35 jet is
That is likely due to enrollment
916 billion dollars for military yet tax cuts is more favourable for the riches and bussiness ?
kinda weird isn't it
Fun fact free college for all Americans would only cost 58 billion.
Yearly
That's it?
Dum thought process, because look at EU and soviet economies. Every year their is inflation so goverment has to spend more to the point where it will be like Medicare and Medicaid. Sure the first year is 59 billion but the next year will be 65 then the year after 74 then 80 than 90 than in 20 years we would be spending 300 billion. You see it stacks.
@@2memeornot224ahh yes but the military spending stays at the same level… oh wait.
Why do you want free college? So that our colleges can be overrun and overcrowded like euro ones?? How about the tools u need to learn effectively? The research? Who will finance that part?
But I thought the one time $1200 stimulus’s was too much money and caused inflation
only if it's for the people... the government can't overspend... they're the good guys.
yes that was sarcasm
That money is coming out of the military fund, it was already set aside and exists, the 1.2k stimulus is money freshly printed. That makes a huge difference
@@zeddddd2846lmao you have no idea what you’re talking about. The military is funded annually besides puny few million dollar accounts. There’s no permanent unlimited military fund
Israel has universal healthcare. The US does not, but could with all of the money our government sends overseas.
Won't happen due to greed. Politicians bend to special interests via lobbyists 💰💰💰🤑
Lol
Universal healthcare is a stupid idea for a country of America’s size and values
Can't even let us buy affordable chinese goods.
Goods made with slave like labor?
WIth now 100% import tax not affordable any more
@@mrnarason Only slave labor is US corporations like NIKE making shoes in Bangladesh or Myanmar for 1-2$ a day and then sell for 100-200$
@KenCheeseBro yeah yeah, _US - the land of free_ but won't even let people freely use the desired social media or products
@@mrnarasoncountry built on slave labour.
Ohhhhh so because it goes to US defense contractors, that makes it ok? 😂
Politicians get a cut, and American oligarchs own the companies so they also get their share
Its better then the majority of it going out of the country.
yes it does, actually thank you for asking
The military spending keeps our high end industries alive and with taxes it’s a loan that can be repaid off while helping our economy.
The us needs to spend on its own people
Correct financially the United States is not recovered from the boom and defense spending in the financial mishaps from covid and the housing bubble crash during the first decade of the Millennium we need to dial things back we need to spend some time on our own institutions otherwise we're not going to be able to help anybody
Which country's companies will be paid to provide weapons?
We Americans always put others ahead of us
@@DylanL814 Well when things are Pleasant and conditions are right it's all right to help folks it's all right to assist other nations but for a generation is certainly seems like our elected leaders have a disconnect they would see that there's no economic turmoil within the borders of the United States so they can just go off on crusades of Charity while Americans suffer but that may soon come to a close I mean unless something changes within this decade there may not be cordial relations across the Atlantic
World Global. US strong, because u trade with all world
It’s not about policing for peace it’s to control the currency 💵
Well not many people are getting that the dude said almost 80% of money circulates in US economy.
So every 1 billion dollar aid means US companies get 800 million dollars which is used for paying salaries of workers who work in defence sector, the raw material costs etc.
So basically with war in Europe, US is running its economy.
US companies have already invested way too much in their defence supply chain. That means you simply cant shut it down. Millions of jobs will be lost.
So its kind of that US need instability in world so they can sell what they make best i.e weapons.
If you know anything about big US companies it's that they aren't known to treat workers well. It's just more money for the executives, you'd be better off if the government spent the aid on internal improvements instead of foreign military campaigns that somewhat link back to us.
Why are we policing a world that doesn't even like us?
Especially Europe. Not a cent more should go to that continent.
Imperialism
Because it benefits the US
Even the Ukraine aid package... That money is being spent on lockheed martin, raytheon etc.
Is it really “policing” or dictating their rules they don’t follow themselves.
@@Gh-jo1sryep that’s basically how it started
We cant police our own borders.
Let alone the country, especially the Middle East
We want the cheap labor, duh.
We can, but Republicans need corporate donations funded by the living wages that migrant workers don’t receive.
Clown
@@doujinflip ok Marxist.
We can debate about what this money could be used for all day. Healthcare, higher education, childcare, infrastructure/public transport, veteran’s benefits, fixing social security, etc. But the one thing we can all agree on is that every cent spent on military operations abroad is a cent that is not going back to benefit the taxpayers! I.E., a WASTE!
I wouldn’t say “every cent spent on military” that’s ridiculous lol it’s obviously flawed and we spend too much money on it but at the end of the day our military is a necessity for the country’s safety.
We need to fund it but I agree, our tax money can be used to better things within the country rather than trying my to be the world’s “freedom police”
@@joshlever4 if US won't be freedom police, China will be. The void is always filled by someone.
Why should it? I do believe that is an individual responsibility to build structures of survival.
If money is spent overseas to prevent escalation in preventing a larger conflict involving NATO to occur than that is in the best interests. Because if a larger conflict occurs people will then say “Why didn’t we do more to stop it?”
even if people who don’t want to learn new skills or gain knowledge of new industries to better their lives say that money could be spent on healthcare or education.
Why rely on the government solely to make that happen? ChatGPT & various tools exists to make more money & expands ideas. That’s why I think if systems were put in place to improve healthcare or education many would just waste it because they themselves lack ambition.
@@joshlever4 you cut that off at a very convenient place. It actually reads “every cent spent on military operations abroad.” Of course we have to spend on military…
That's just stupid. Read more, study the world, don't be ignorant.
The American people are tired of this BS money laundering!
you were one google search away from learning what "military aid" is, but then again, half of US population sounds like they could barely finish 4 grades of school so it's hardly surprizing
The aid is actually past 100 billion at this point
Chump change. If we get into a World War II style war in Europe again where we are drafting young men into military service will spent 5 times what spent in Iraq and Afghanistan that was 1 trillion US dollar over twenty years.
The entire federal industry needs to shrink. Especially, the Department of Defense. It could be reduced by 30 percent and still function effectively.
Can't we grown to much. Previous President were so successful in growing our economy we now with NAFTA America, Canada, and Mexico is now 1/3 of the entire worlds economy.
While China is making moves in trades, the US is concerned about wapons and military spendings
Trades? Weapons and Military is a business as well. War is bug business nothing will change that, not even GOD.
@@BleuBelair I also agree
War is business, buddy. If the US steps down from this position you can bet your two cents that China will start manufacturing more weapons to fill the void because conflicts don’t just magically stop.
@@BleuBelair it is, but Weapons and Military would likely increase inflation cause it would take away the resource from civilian goods.
@@BleuBelair See lockheed's revenue for a whole year?
walmart earns that amount in couple of weeks?
We need universal healthcare now
We need a fair tax system where all pay the same percentage is crazy that companies pay 15-30% less taxes than the working class
Need a law that stops corporations from owning a house
Where are our leaders at
We need to end obesity if we ever want free healthcare
I support everything except for universal healthcare. 1: can't justify that my taxes is paying for someone's ailment because he/she chose to be obese. 2: as a current service member who has no choice but to use " govt free healthcare"... I can tell you right now that you don't want any of that. You are welcome to ask the VA folks.
in the netherlands we all have healthcare its obligated. if you don't earn much you pay less and get compensation from the gouvernement. its affortable for everyone. if there is a will there is a way
Yeah because the $300 a year you pay in taxes is what keeps the country a float.
there are no leaders.
Reminder that literally no one was punished for the Iraq War, Libyan War, etc.
Exactly, the opposite happened. They were rewarded.
Don't be hypocrites and don't call this country the "the world's policeman." We all understand what this really means.
Better this than having muslim everywhere, dictators or china running the world...
Not related, but just remind me of a certain study about police, prisoners, and abuse of power.
I don't take much in the way of pride or vanity is a piece of land...that being said, this is the only thing that makes me feel shame for being American.
it's disgusting and i hope it stops asap, the world doesn't need a universal police.
35 trillion in debt, going up over a trillion a year. I don’t think anyone is serious about the real threat to the nation.
Spend the money it worth it by not going to into a World War II style war again in Europe.
Just remember we may have to fight again in Europe and the Pacific.
World's policeman or world's murderer and biggest problem??
Def not the biggest problem. But definitely a problem. Russia is way worse
Not the biggest problem, we know who that is
@@johannesaarto1631 US forever wars in the Middle East caused 5 million deaths while Russia has only so far killed a hundred thousand.
@@johannesaarto1631 US forever wars in the Middle East caused 5 million deaths while Russia has only so far reached a hundred thousand.
@@ME-xc1st Its way more than 100.000 in just 2 years, USA was in Afghanistan for 20+ years.
No one invited the US to meddle in the internal affairs of other countries, maybe use that money to upgrade the infrastructure in your own county and provide your own citizens with healthcare !
Your a Russia bot. Don't lecture us on meddling when you just invaded another country.
Isreal and Ukraine are 51st and 52nd state of USA
But they don't pay our taxes while we give them billions yearly.
More like US is an Exclave of Israel😢
the country's debt service in 10 yrs will cause the collapse of the dollar..
ive been hearing that for 30 years.
@@drinkingpoolwater the debt was small compared to the gdp years ago , thats no longer the case
@@airgunningyup that is not true at all.
@@Dave05J look it up , 1994 , debt was 4.7 trillion. Ivestopedia has every yr detailed. GDP was 7.28 trillion the same yr
@@Dave05J lets compare that to today .. 27.4 trill gdp , national debt is 34 trillion.. Dramatic change , not sure why your denying searchable facts
Short answer no, a nation 36 trillion in debt (thanks Joe) can not afford to do anything. We are broke. This money is needed for our borders.
pass the SWAMP Act...Stop War And Military Profiteers...cut military spending equal to the amount of dividends paid by the top 25 defense contractors budget every 5 years
200,000 troops deployed overseas. A good portion of those also have military dependents! For instance, 35,000 troops in Germany actually mean probably 100,000 with military dependents!
Not a single dollar for the Veterans healthcare system….
different budget altogether.
I didn't know the VA facilities and staff were established and run at zero cost to the US government.😆😆
The united states spends 8x the defense budget for its own internal healthcare.
Around 20% of its gdp for the uninitiated
No!
We are *34 Trillion dollars in DEBT!*
what's another trillion or two? lol. just print more money.
You want to be the world's hegemon? You have to back off or pay up.
To who?
@@zeddddd2846 A huge portion of that debt is if I am not mistaken owned by American institutional investors and some by foreign governments!
CNBC made a video about that
STOP THE WARS!… MAKE THE WORLD A SAFER & HAPPY PLACE!!… we deserve a better life!.,.
It ain’t cheap to maintain your neo-colonial empire around the world
Of course they can. Print more money from nowhere. Average people go to work for money, the us gov grows it in trees lol
It's the only way to keep their military industry happy, they HAVE to be like this to survive till now. About time they stop though
The US government are in other peoples homes but are in disarray when people come here. Lol
Most anglos are like that look at England.
200,000 troops deployed overseas. A good portion of those also have military dependents! For instance, 35,000 troops in Germany actually mean probably 100,000 with military dependents!
We sending billions to other countries but can’t stop illegals from entering the southern border is wild
im pretty sure its way higher than 1 mil casualties
How about Israel send the USA tax payer $400 billion for a change. Mean while we are $34 trillion in debt and congress is talking about tinkering with social security. Cut aid to everyone. Vote these clowns out of office from both parties. America First! These people have lost their minds
Yes
Defense aid does come back to America. Like the guy at the beginning mentioned, it's an 80% return on investment. That money trickles out from those 5 defense contractors. Still, 80% is terrible. Especially when that 20% loss results in death and destruction. Building a new railway or port might not have a positive return on investment either, but it'll benefit Americans for generations instead of a few quarters at Raytheon. Central planning doesn't work, it's fraught with fraud and misallocation of resources.
@@Zt3v3 corporations are as corrupt as the government.
@@Zt3v3 If Israel wants weapons then they can buy them with their tax payers dollars. No way in hell should the usa tax payer be required to pay for a countries defense on the other side of the world thats a constant consistent pain in the ass for the region and the usa.
Who will keep spying on the middle east for you? And protect your precious oil interests 😂
Growing up I was taught how lucky I was to be born in America. Now as an adult I realize we live in a serfdom ruled by the corporate overlords who profit off of war.
Sure, money is coming back.. But do these companies pay taxes? They probably pay more in lobbying than taxes..
Of course America can afford military aid
just raise the taxes
An 80% return on investment is not great, especially when that 20% loss results in death and enrichment of just five mega corps. I can live with an 80% ROI on roads, ports, rail, or healthcare, but those have real world benefits for average Americans. Really, I'd like to see a 110% return on spending, but it's big ask for central planners to get an actual return on our tax dollars.
okay so the funds are really a bank loan etc.
WHo does the profits go to?
Not going to watch the first second and to answer your question: NO The U.S Cannot afford its military aid promises.
Ffs stop giving money abroad when the problems at home are so bad.
We can afford it because we just keep printing money.
Inflation?
"oh no, inflation! Time to force companies to do mass layoffs! Labor costs are too high!"
"You mean the rent, right?"
"... Did I stutter? I said... The **labor** costs are too high."
@@ripplecutter233 making common men lose jobs is how these guys "manage" inflation. hope people have noticed these guys reporting high employment rate as something bad for inflation. they want people to lose their jobs and go broke for inflation to go away
You are aware the the US is suffering the least when it comes to inflation right? Compared to the rest of the world post covid we have some of the lowest inflation rates. You should go see how europe or russia are holding up comparatively when it comes to the value of their currency
USA money should stay in the USA. Give billions to other countries is ridiculous, when we can’t even protect our own citizens!!! 😡😤
I was hoping that this was gonna be like how american abroad military base was"even we don't know fully what is where "
Love the data visualization in this video!!!
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
But no money left for SS
War never changes
At 49 seconds they said the quiet part out loud. Brought to you by Raytheon
NO!!!!! The US can not & should not be the police Dep. & welfair office for the world!!
I think we do, and it allows America to create advantageous situations. Home is home, but there’s a lot of world out there that we can cater to our needs
@@ToothlesstheNightFury510 What needs? Ukraine produces wheat, Israel produces military tech with our know-how and Taiwan produces chips with our know-how. We don't need them, they need us and they should become a state of the US that pay taxes if they need our protection.
@@ToothlesstheNightFury510 What needs? Ukraine produces wheat, Israel produces military tech with our know-how and Taiwan produces chips with our know-how. We don't need them, they need us and they should become a state of the US that pay taxes if they need our protection.
You should go read up on how most of US financial and other types of aid actually works.
@@ToothlesstheNightFury510 What needs? Ukraine produces wheat, Israel produces military tech with our know-how and Taiwan produces chips with our know-how. We don't need them, they need us.
It’s all about power. At this
Point we run the world. And it’s expensive . Plus we want to control all the oil reserves. Being in control and running everything is expensive.
I can't believe people are still babbling about "the oil" in 2024. It's not about that, buddy.
@@WillieFungo Part of the reason, anything happening to oil can inflate it to $500 a barrel which will definitely break the US economy
@@ME-xc1st The U.S. is the top oil producer in the world, and Canada and Mexico aren't far behind. Oil stopped being a major geopolitical issue for America since like 2010.
@@WillieFungo Oil price increased by 50% just from the invasion of Ukraine which had no direct impact on oil-producing countries, now imagine terrorists directly cutting Middle East oil.
@@ME-xc1st I don't know if you are part of some kind of special interest group. But the obvious solution is to invest more in North American production not to constantly waste money on wars.
Why Americans never demand politicians to stop? Looking at the allocation of Govt spending, anyone would think what the hell, where’s the budget for education, for infrastructure, for green energy, for affordable housing?
As of April 11, 2024, Israel has received about $300 billion in total economic and military aid from the United States, while the majority of American households live Paycheck to Paycheck.
Stop it. We need to take care of American people first. We don't have healthcare, education, and 34T in debt. American people are homeless and hungry
And what will happen when those people destroy their lives anyway?
Whose fault will be then?
But that would be *socialism* or *communism* which half of the country vehemently stops supporting once they hear about it.
Military is important, look at history or play a game of age of empires of civilization. If you only focus on economy or culture, you'll get steamrolled by an aggressive country.
@@mrnarason Noone will invade country with Nukes
@@mrnarason This.
A good question is who keeps approving of these activities? politicians? Citizens who voted? Who? and Who is going to stop it?
because you Americans do nothing to change that. you don't protest, you simply accept in silence. In fact, many Americans agree with these interventions
You know all that hype about the shadow government? Unfortunately, it's kinda true. The so-called shadow government is comprised of career bureaucrats. These are the people whose names we never hear and are never in the news. I've also noticed that a lot of these people are descendants of bureaucrats cuz it's easier to control a person when they've been raised and groomed for these jobs. The Bechtel family is a great example.
Elected officials are literally low-level temporary employees no different than when a high school elects their student body government - it's a farce to give the illusion that the voters hold any power.
Every now and then, the elected official is also a nepo-bureaucrat. When that happens, you see the real damage this system causes - enter the Bush family dynasty. Check out Prescott Bush and how W and Jr worked in the CIA.
@@dagobertosantosdeoliveira9546 ummmm maybe you haven't been paying attention but we are actively protesting this literally right now but the protesters are being demonized as pro-hamas when really they just want us to stop sending money and weapons to government's committing atrocities.
You also have to consider how large the US is and how the gov has actively been making it harder and more expensive to mobilize. I live in a wealthy town with zero public transportation. I'm disabled with zero assistance and unable to drive. I literally do not have the means to get to Washington, my state capital, or even my local library. If we were able to, we'd do more but our government continuously thwarts that.
You know all that hype about the shadow government? Unfortunately, it's kinda true. The so-called shadow government is comprised of career bureaucrats. These are the people whose names we never hear and are never in the news. I've also noticed that a lot of these people are descendants of bureaucrats cuz it's easier to control a person when they've been raised and groomed for these jobs. The Bechtel family is a great example.
Elected officials are literally low-level temporary employees no different than when a high school elects their student body government - it's a farce to give the illusion that the voters hold any power.
Every now and then, the elected official is also a nepo-bureaucrat. When that happens, you see the real damage this system causes - enter the Bush family dynasty. Check out Prescott Bush and how W and Jr worked in the CIA.
Dear YT, stop shadowbanning and deleting my comments! I see you!
Global unrest is generally bad for the US economy because we are so dependent on other parts of the world for goods.
For example every time there is a conflict in the Middle East gasoline prices shoot up.
America just needs to be more selective on where it “polices”
The other option is that we become more self sufficient but again brings other challenges like price increases for goods because wages in America are higher. So imagine your Nikes go from $175 a pair to $300 a pair because we decided to move manufacturing back. How many people can afford $300 sneakers?
You are the first person in this comment section who ive seen get it dead on with their assessment. I don't think the average American truly appreciates how much we can afford to buy and do here (comparatively speaking with the rest of the world that is)
Simple answer without even starting the video :- No!
Msg to US : stop trying to control everything and let it go ..
Jay is content with russia taking alaska back. Just let it go, Jay👍
Just imagine what we could do for our country if we didn't spend an insane amount of money on pointless military bases and "US presence" across the globe. Why do we still have bases in Iraq, Syria, Africa, various islands in the Pacific? What are we still doing there?? We literally have to BORROW to cover the costs of all that "Aid" we are giving other countries and to cover the cost of all our military spending. Absolute insanity.
It is really a transfer of wealth from the average person to those involved in the military industrial complex. There is a lot of money that was spent during the 20 years in the war with the Middle East that cannot be accounted for.
The average person in America doesn’t actually pay any federal tax but I get your point.
Empires know no limit until they fall
My country GDP is about $1800 a year but we don't have homeless people camping on the street like in LA. I know it's a good thing that you help other countries with military aid but you should be using that money to help your own country first.
Homeless people usually have nothing to do with government policy. They are addicted to substances, just like in any other country.
If your country's GDP per capita is $1800, you live in Laos, Cambodia, or Haiti. Those are extremely poor countries and most people in Haiti definitely live in poverty.
@@Skyler827 I live in a small city in Serbia 150 000 people,in my 45 years off life i never saw homeless people in my town ,yes there are few Gypsie who beg in center off city but even they go home after that .And our GDP per capita is like 1/5 off USA
@@dzonikg is your city filled with immigrants like LA is ? Don't compare. You won't find homeless people in American small towns either!
Serbia gdp per capita is $12,385, my country gdp per capita $27,880 and officially we only have 11k homeless people but we have high homeownership meanwhile the usa doesn’t, also Germany has 607k homeless the more prosperous country with less homeownership rates have higher homeless population
Serbia homeownership rate 95.9%
Usa homeownership rate 65,7%
I don’t usually defend the USA but you are been
1. War is an industry. Like it or not. As long as ideological differences exist there will always be war between the haves & have nots. Which are both sides simultaneously.
2. Topics like these bring out emotionally charged individuals who say things that are in support of their preferred ideology, opinions, & misconstrued beliefs.
3. As time has gone on, I genuinely believe that most people are selfish which is an anti-humanity sentiment that won’t survive into the longevity of the species.
The 750 military bases number is a bit misleading as the DoD calls everything a bases, so a building with 10 troops is a base and an area with 3 facility buildings in close proximity to each other would be called 3 separate bases rather than just 1 large base. Additionally, if two different services such as the Army and Navy use a shared area and with two buildings, on Navy and one Army, then we have 2 bases, not 1.
Sounds like the playbook of the Soviet Union.
It's hilarious how we send so much money to Taiwan, while they barely even spend on their own military.
Relative to the size of their economy, they very much do.
How is it hilarious? They make our chips. No chips = Global economic meltdown.
@@MehulPatelLXC They make our chips using our tech and we are already starting to move it to America.
@@Dave05J Taiwan doesn't even spend 2% of their GDP on their military. They would rather use that money for world-class healthcare and education.
More than it does on taking care of the elderly, the sick, and children in need in this country.
Teachers too, get laid off despite the teacher shortage and low wages.
@@ME-xc1stwow.
We must print and type in more money and have price controls
Yes, we can but we have to pay very hefty prices to the task.
it's actually wild that THIS is what passes for "unbiased" or "Centrist" "journalism". Can you IMAGINE the uproar if Chinese or Russian news had headlines like "Can China Afford to be the World's Policemen?"
And is that suppose to make our situation better or is that just to make you feel better. O my Poor baby.
@@NoFrillz-G LMAO what is this even a response to? Complete non sequitur and ad hominem rolled up into one nothingburger comment
@@thakatspajamaz o my triggered boy... why so serious...you can't be so sensitive...grow a pair and you'll toughen up.
@@NoFrillz-G you're literally just screeching wokeisms into the void with no form like a baby boy swinging his arms around, tf??? LMAO
The US can spend into hyperinflation
The world has already started to slowly move away from using USD currency for international trade and diversifying their foreign currency reserves. Should the world use the USD less there will be massive problem for the United States. Unlike other countries that have to pay back debts in foreign currency even to their own people. The US pays back debt by simply printing more without the value of currency turning into toilet paper.
USA cant have huperinflation beacase it force world after WWII to $ be world currency ,so any printed $ from air just get lost in whole world.But if world ditch $ then USA is in big problem ,it has huuuge defficit every year that is fixed by just printing $
@@guardianoffire8814 the USD was involved in 88% of world trade last year. It's only down from 92% in 1990. I think you've heard too much tiktok.
Yes. It’s called inflation. AKA another tax on Americans
Don't worry we can afford
Sure would be sweet if that money was spent on the people it was taken from 🤷♂️
Ron Paul has been right about this for decades.
😅😅😅 good one!
Answer, how much does the mafia spend on providing protection for following their own rules.
Uncle Sam philosophy: "if it aint broken, break it and then break the bank to fix it" 👤
They think they are the superhero, but they are really the villain.
HELL NO 🛑
That is why US citizens, you don't have affordable Healthcare but get to pay high taxes
Imagine implementing even 1 percent of that money domestically?
Can we afford not to? Freedom is not cheap!
Except it makes the US safer because we have politicians in the pocket of a lot of our enemies. One party has announced that democracy is dead. That party has already claimed that violence is ok.
Honestly, we can’t afford to be the world global super power!
but u are now
@@JediMik not really, and we won’t be within the next decade.
And these politicians haven't ever once thought to ask if we want our tax money spent this way...
😂Biden as Captain America.
billions on other side of world and 0 to close our boarders how stupid.
If only the gun violence in America was directed at preventing people crossing the border illegally. 😂😂😂
Surprised mainstream media is telling the truth
That money goes to the only one top US worlwide industry remanent the war industry, us economy maintenance depends of this sector in short term and that's exactly what polítician needs to win his seat and the only reason they do this again and again.
Basically if you want to fully understand this subject watch the wire and sopranos.
you Americans do nothing to change that. you don't protest, you simply accept in silence. In fact, many Americans agree with these interventions
America First
5 percentage points from DOD should go into state department and USAID. Let's try leading with diplomacy for once.
A better question to ask would be 'can the US pentagon pass an audit ??'