alt Hacker News>"And we spend well over a trillion dollars on defense."
That's just not true; the US Military Budget for 2025 was (USD) $768 BB. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...
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idiotsecant • yesterday at 9:55 PM
So when we consider school spending it's important to count every penny but when we consider military spending we can just neglect vast swathes of spending?
91bananas • yesterday at 10:48 PM
They're asking for 1.5B right now
It is true. The number you're looking at doesn't include all military spending. For example, it doesn't include the nuclear weapons programs, intelligence programs, veterans affairs, ...
https://www.defensebudget.org/en/country/united-states
The VA budget alone is over $400B, and the intelligence budget is _classified_.