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Global Military Spending One problem we face today is Global Military Spending. Some say the government doesn’t know what they’re doing and they’re spending too much money on wars when the money could be going toward something more useful. __The money the government uses on war could stop starvation, provide safe and clean shelter to many families, go toward safe drinking water, help with disease control, or go towards renewable energy__. (1) If all these other problems are happening, the government should be more involved to get the society back instead of wasting away all this money for the war. If we’ve been in the war for a few years and nothing has changed why not bring the troops home and end the war? The government needs to re-think their decision and situation and find a better solution. This is not only for societies benefit, but for the future of the world as well.

__The USA is most responsible for the most military spending, with 46.5 percent of the total out of 15 countries. China, France, UK, and Russia follow closely with their own expenses.__ (2) This explains why the US economy is so low and prices are rising. As more and more Americans lose their jobs, food, gas and other prices are going up. It’s hard for an average person right now to live stress free. The government is raising taxes and using all these dollars on the war and not other needs. What happens when the average American has no more income for the government to tax? Will that finally be the waking call that opens the government’s eyes? In the future if the government doesn’t change society and stop using most of our tax dollars for weapons and new technologies, only the rich will live on. This means the poor will struggle more than they already do and have to strive more to find money for food. If they don’t have food they will starve. The government needs to realize if they want war or a nation at all.

__With our income tax dollars, the government takes 36 percent of it and uses it on military expenses .(3) In order to stop military spending the government could cut the funds by 25 percent and use that towards human resources. Then human resources will be at an all time high and hopefully we could get our economy back. __(4) Cutting military spending will stop unnecessary spending and more money will go to human resources. It would also give the military less money to keep track of. __The Pentagon lost 2.3 trillion dollars and couldn’t tell us how it got spent.__ (5) This money that they said they spent could have gone to human resources. If more money was put into human resources instead of military spending, more jobs could be created and more Americans can stop struggling to make a living. Citations: 1. [] 2. [] 3. [] 4. [] 5. [|http://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-spending-is-out-of-control-12-facts-that-show-that-we-cannot-afford-to-be-the-police-of-the-world-2010-12#]