https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-top-countries-for-military-spending/ A couple thoughts jumped at me when looking at the graph. Republicans are up in arms about the debt and the so called recovery money being handed out, but let's all be very clear, America is going bankrupt because of how much we spend on our military. America's military spending is outrageous because it is inefficient. Our cost per is far, far higher than anyone else's because our military industrial complex is real. The $5k wrench stories of the 90s are real and thousands upon thousands of mid and mega corporations depend on military spending to exist or remain viable. Heck, entire states depend on military spending to remain viable, mostly red ones. We need enemies because our military industrial complex needs enemies. There is so much money wasted in military spending it would make the most conservatives among us puke in shame. But so many good paying jobs depend on it that it's just easier to wrap ourselves in the flag, with one hand on our hearts and the other in the cookie jar.
Certain rags and grifter outlets exploit this. The "enemy's" hitting too close for comfort now though. It used to be terrorists, then islamic extremists, then Muslims, then Islamic sympathizers, then illegals, then LGBTQs, then Blacks again, then all immigrants, then liberals, then socialists, now Marxists because I guess socialists didn't stick.