Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

Spending should be more efficient.

remove taxation, remove all military spending

Yes for supporting our troops! No for additional money thrown away on stupidity like leaving weapons in a foreign country!

We need to find a way to make it cheaper. Things such as a bolt should not end up costing so much money when it finally gets to the military. It can stay the same

They should mainly focus spending on actual military strength instead of wasting it on "DIE" ("diversity, inclusion, and equity")

It could be increased, but only if other parts of the government where reduced or removed completely so as to avoid raising taxes.

Government waste and abuse needs to be addressed. The government does not need to spend MORE money on military, it desperately needs to audit the funds it currently spends.

The activity duty budget should remain the same. Government contracts and pension for petty discharge should be investigated.

I don’t want to increase spending of the war machine. I want to increase spending if it protects our borders

Yes we need a strong military. However if the increase in funding is going to go for woke BS then NO

Why have an army these individuals didn't are sacrificing thier lives for a fight they didn't start all government officials need to be military

Decrease spending on equipment increase spending on soldiers decrease total spending on the military industrial complex

Yes, and no. I think it should only be increased if there’s new equipment coming available, or if anything needs to be updated in general.

I should be able to choose how my tax dollars are spent, whether that means 100% to the military or split it 50/50 with education.

We should always have the capability of our current military industrial complex, but return to isolationism

What we need is transparency and accountability in government spending. I want a strong military but I know the money is being wasted and abused, therefore, I works not vote to increase spending. I would vote to FIX the current system of waste, fraud, abuse and laundering.

Increase, But only increase the salary of our soldiers. There should be no reason our soldiers should struggle to make house and car payments.

Homeland military spending should be increased but foreign military spending should be drastically reduced.

U.S. should only have a defensive military. We don’t need to fight innocent Arabs in the Middle East for some Jews in Israel.

Decrease unless it’s for the cause of our own country. (Ex. Not wasting billions of dollars for another country (Ukraine).)

We pay enough to be superior to our adversaries, but waste so much that we think we need to increase spending. Trim the fat!

Neither, however the military should be prepared to adapt and expand spending as new technology emerges and as required circumstantially.

We should be bolstering our military readiness here at home. We should not be providing other countries with our military equipment, we are headed towards WW3 and will not be prepared

Spending should be reevaluated after waste is drastically reduced.

Privatize the military and make it a free market

The military spending should be properly spent at the expense of AMERICAN PEOPLE not other nations. As of right now our spending should not be heading to Ukraine but instead returned to the people of the United states.

Only after a complete audit of where every penny of military spending goes

Increase, only after auditing current spending to reallocate more efficiently

I am in favor of smart spending. Cutting down on unnecessary programs while keeping what is necessary and strategic and increasing funding where it is realistically necessary.

I don't trust anything the government says

Increase until we make up for what Biden and his AMERICA FOR SALE cronies have given to our enemies

Military spending should not be increased until a full review on current spending is conducted by a third party reviewer.

No increase in spending if it is to be used for inclusion and diversity training. It should only be used to defend the nation, not for social experiments.

Audit expenditures; increase oversight, transparency and accountability.

We should not interfere in other counties But at this point we should just be able to defend ourselves

Keep our military strong, but stop fraud, waste & abuse.

The military needs to be strong, but we need to be more selective in how we police the world

Decrease by pulling out of foreign conflicts and protecting our borders.

Neither, current spending is fine. Bring ALL our military home.

Increase if in time of need

Budget better with the money you have.

Prioritize Bridget better and utilize military personnel more so than contractors

I enjoy big military but spending but some spending can be moved to other areas

Increase if it’s truly needed but not for the military industrial complex.

Only if necessary and the money used efficiently

Neither. The DoD needs to find a way to change the mindset of spend it all this year so we get it next year. Fiscal conservation is under utilized and a process should be explored to reward those DoD entities who spend less than their budget and project costs out 4+ years to avoid large budget bumps.

Make spending in general more efficient

Stay the same but not in other countries

Decrease current amount, until the Military Industrial Complex is made transparent.

Neither Increase or Decrease. Should Heavily reform and update management of funds.

Government should increase auditors.

Government should spend less money on military for foreign affairs

Neither, should be based on annual reports to the people and then we make the decisions based off the last year to increase or decrease. No pork spending.

Spend for what we need try to catch who is skimming

Increase only if we have competent leadership including the President and military leaders, which we currently do not have.

Decrease spending and focus on there job...not wokeness

Decrease after massive audits of military contracts so as to make purchasing power more efficient

Increase with reform

The military needs to better manage the resources they are given

Depends on the context. Too nuanced to say.

Yes, but make our military bigger but make the equipment cheaper/worse. 1 fighter jet can't take on 100 normal planes.

Neither, just get better with using the money

Increase efficiency of current spending, allowing a decrease in spending.

Increase spending efficiency to ultimately decrease spending.

Decrease overseas military spending and increase domestic spending

The government needs to reform the way it spends on defense, such as, eliminate grow-back spending.

Increase only to maintain appropriate inventory.