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I’m sure out American friends are pleased with their tax-dollars being spent this way?
@shavixmir saidI doubt that Trump seriously intends to increase the US's nuclear weapons arsenal, there isn't a tremendous need for more warheads given the US has over 5,000 of the things.
I’m sure out American friends are pleased with their tax-dollars being spent this way?
@deepthought saidTrump just increased mlitary spending by 100 billion, when we already out spend pretty much every country in the world combined on military. increasing our already massive stockpile of nukes is completely in line with Trump's wasteful decisions.
I doubt that Trump seriously intends to increase the US's nuclear weapons arsenal, there isn't a tremendous need for more warheads given the US has over 5,000 of the things.
@vivify saidConventional weapons spending makes some economic sense, you can keep people in work and generate trade for support industries, such as eating places for the workforce. The difficulty with nuclear weapons production as a mode of economic stimulus is that relatively few people are involved in their production and their supply chains are a lot tighter (I hope!), so it's not clear to me that there's much economic side effect.
Trump just increased mlitary spending by 100 billion, when we already out spend pretty much every country in the world combined on military. increasing our already massive stockpile of nukes is completely in line with Trump's wasteful decisions.