The only way the US could save $860B per year is by dismantling it's entire military industrial complex. No army, no navy, no air force, no guns, no vehicles, just a sitting duck waiting for Russia or China to invade, with a decent chance of taking over as they won't face much resistance.
Not really. The above info-graphic shows only our expenditures on NATO. We could easily focus all of our defense spending on safeguarding the US and its outlying territories (Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.) and simply STOP spending on NATO, an organization that has lost its mission and its purpose since the Soviet Union collapsed.
That wouldn't reduce the cost, because this is the total federal military spending.
That said, the US could save maybe a few billions by not fucking around allover the world. But that also means fewer countries will buy US military equipment as they no longer have to, which means less jobs in the US, which means less tax income and more people on welfare.
My guess is that it would be net loss. Especially when losing leverage over other countries, while simultaneously becoming more dependent on EU and China.
According to the title of the graphic, that is NOT total federal military spending, it is NATO expenditures. It would appear (taking the graphic at face value) that the US is expending a HUGE part of its military spending on NATO. I think you may be conflating two very different things.
As to "less jobs" the military-industrial complex certainly WILL have to adjust to the new reality, just like everyone else. You seem to be suggesting that the US should continue supporting NATO to keep people employed in the weapons industry, which is ALSO not the mission of NATO.
Nations will continue to buy weapons, and the US will remain as a large exporter of military equipment, but the US military and taxpayers do not have to be the middleman.
That's because OP edited the original after being called out the last 500 times he lied about this, check his history. Every version of this chart is different.
The only way the US could save $860B per year is by dismantling it's entire military industrial complex. No army, no navy, no air force, no guns, no vehicles, just a sitting duck waiting for Russia or China to invade, with a decent chance of taking over as they won't face much resistance.
Not really. The above info-graphic shows only our expenditures on NATO. We could easily focus all of our defense spending on safeguarding the US and its outlying territories (Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.) and simply STOP spending on NATO, an organization that has lost its mission and its purpose since the Soviet Union collapsed.
That wouldn't reduce the cost, because this is the total federal military spending.
That said, the US could save maybe a few billions by not fucking around allover the world. But that also means fewer countries will buy US military equipment as they no longer have to, which means less jobs in the US, which means less tax income and more people on welfare.
My guess is that it would be net loss. Especially when losing leverage over other countries, while simultaneously becoming more dependent on EU and China.
According to the title of the graphic, that is NOT total federal military spending, it is NATO expenditures. It would appear (taking the graphic at face value) that the US is expending a HUGE part of its military spending on NATO. I think you may be conflating two very different things.
As to "less jobs" the military-industrial complex certainly WILL have to adjust to the new reality, just like everyone else. You seem to be suggesting that the US should continue supporting NATO to keep people employed in the weapons industry, which is ALSO not the mission of NATO.
Nations will continue to buy weapons, and the US will remain as a large exporter of military equipment, but the US military and taxpayers do not have to be the middleman.
That's because OP edited the original after being called out the last 500 times he lied about this, check his history. Every version of this chart is different.
perhaps if other countries have to defend themselves instead of us doing it, they will spend the money on military equipment to do so.
USA spends $1.4 trillion to defense of which $860 billion goes to NATO.