Keep in mind that the US military is a giant welfare program. Sure, it’s a lot of money, but a lot of that money is keeping the last vestiges of manufacturing alive in bumfuck nowhere, Middle America, where they still weld tanks together.
Yep. About 20% of the military budget is straight salary for enlisted/commissioned personnel. A further 15-20% is paying salary of employees with contracts to the military.
Keep in mind that the US military is a giant welfare program. Sure, it’s a lot of money, but a lot of that money is keeping the last vestiges of manufacturing alive in bumfuck nowhere, Middle America, where they still weld tanks together.
You don’t believe part of those workshops can be converted to other use?
Probably not profitably.
We will never know, I risk.
Yep. About 20% of the military budget is straight salary for enlisted/commissioned personnel. A further 15-20% is paying salary of employees with contracts to the military.