Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

I don’t have an opinion on this

Only increase when it is needed.

Funds need to be redistributed. Amount spent on contractors is crazy and can be allocated in other places

I think that before any increase or decrease, there should be extensive efforts to see whether money is being wasted or could be used more efficiently.

Reduce the military to its engineering and development cores, keep all the MPs and military who provide a service

make the military have a limit of people and then use the rest of the funding money for resources and shelter .

Decrease, until more money is being given to active and veteran members and in maintaining their well-being, we should not give more money to military spending

The government should audit the armed forces and increase current accountability measures, tackle wasteful spending, and ensure all current funding is being used at maximum efficiency.

Decrease funding for foreign wars and governments committing human rights violations, increase for those in desperate need (ex. Pandemic, genocide)

Decrease, and redirect the funds to other ways of keeping the public safe (Housing, affordable food, etc)

They should stop spending so much money on the military and send that money towards healthcare and public services.

Literally cut the military spending by 90% to spend on social programs such as education and healthcare... We have the Pacific ocean and Atlantic ocean to protect us.

Their needs to be a balance on military spending and other services

Substantially decrease

increase military spending for vulnerable territories; not too much military for an already secured land

Decrease, get rid of almost all military spending

Stop all manufacturing of arms going to other countries

increase in time of need, use money for other things until then

Increase but in outter space reach search and travel

I think that it's unfortunate but with the state of our world today it would be unsafe for us to lower our spending and weaken our military. Idealistically, we shouldn't need as powerful of a military as we have.

Spending should be reduced by not allowing price gouging by contractors; service members should receive more funding

The amerikan military needs to be abolished.

Decrease, our military resources should be used more efficiently rather than wasting taxpayer dollars

Decrease, and move it to education and welfare spending

neither but look for waste within

Only if the money goes to pay raises for active duty.

Neither. Military spending should be audited and reformed, made more efficient.

Funding should stay the same, but be redirected to projects that will actually matter.

Decrease, unless we're at war.

Decrease in peacetime and increase during war

Decrease the budget for contracts to private companies aside from maintenance, no more expansion, and increase funding for pay and benefits for service members and veterans

Decrease and spend the money on more important matters.

I feel like when it comes to certain time periods its best to increase in order to help provide, but in most times of peace regulate it more

The US is the country that spends the most amount of money on the military. It is the majority of our budget. Just think of what the US was able to do if we weren’t wasting all of our money on the military. It is too much, we could redirect it to building infrastructure, funding schools, creating social programs, you name it.

I believe in certain situations we should increase spending but when fighting is not necessary we should not.

redistribute all the military equipment to the masses so that we can overtake a tyrannical government if needed.

The Military shouldn’t exist.

The United States should disband the military entirely

decrease, unless we are at war

Decrees during a time of peace. Only increase if war is on the horizon

Extreme decrease

Decrease, it should be lowered from $715,000,000,000 to $75,000,000,000 and that money should go to a UBI for food.

Decrease to virtually zero, the US military does not need offensive capabilities in the modern world.

have to reevaluate the military

Military spending needs to decreased by a drastic amount

As long as we can buy the weapons the military

increase but let the people know what they are spending on

It should be 50/50 they should spend more on trying to help the homeless.

Decrease, and move the money to the education system

it could depend on the situation. if current issues require more equipment or help, then yes, but if it’s unnecessary, then no

deflect 13 percent of spending to raising wages of all Us military.

Decrease, and combine the different branches into a single, unified military force.

Honestly depends on where money is going

Decrease and work to get rid of any standing military entirely

I believe a portion of military spending should be reallocated to other resources, such as mental health and underfunded schools.

USA should not be involved in other countries politic and Wars. Reallocate the increases to military budgets to public edutacion and healthcare.

We shouldn’t have Military.

Should Increase but should not be first option

Decrease, why can’t we just stop the fighting all together

If completely necessary they should increase.

Decrease, and abolish the military in favor of handling foreign conflicts with diplomacy instead of violence.

Decrease by nearly half or more. Doing that, we could EASILY still have the highest military budget in the world and we spend entirely too much on imperialist conquest.

Decrease. That funding can go to more relevant problems.

Cap the profits that can be made by military contracting companies.

It all depends and to an extent.

Decrease, and fund more human health related programs.

Abolish militaries.