Defense spending is one of those “games” that it is not really possible to know what is the optimal level: spend to little, you are dead or enslaved or struggling within chaos; spend too much and you are broke or in hock above your eyebrows or … struggling within chaos. Finding the sweet spot in between these two unwanted extremes is subject to negotiation and speculation, but we do have some clues what “too much” War Dept. spending would look like. Pretty much what we have now:
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How Many ”Killy Things” Do We Need?
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We spend about twice as much as the second most spendy country in the world and as much as the next top 6 combined.
At some point, the spending is reasonably arguably no longer for just defense.
We are well past that point.