Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

The government should invest in the future to strengthen the military and eliminate wasteful spending.

I don't mind a strong military. But I don't like being a police force. I don't mind adding other nations, but we carry the brunt of the cost.

If we'd keep our money for the US instead of giving it other countries this wouldn't even be a question

I honestly don't think I wanna answer this question because it just doesn't effect nor concern me that much. It probably is important, but I just don't think it is in my range of...I don't even know.

Decrease to Israel, increase to Ukraine, decrease aid to India and other countries that support Russia.

Depends - if we are supporting allies or we are at war - then yes to increase it to ensure survival. What we really need though is BETTER spending not MORE spending.

I mean that’s a lot of money just for the military, I feel like some of it could be used more towards schools or roads, something else.

Decrease, because civilians are the the ones who are paying for taxes so they can afford the spending.

Need to improve the accountability for responsible spending and reducing waste, excess, and over paying first.

Military funding should be evaluated on based on the geopolitical and security threats of the nation. The government should also do a better job of using military funds efficiently.

Cut corruption and excessive spending in procurement, then see how far the budget makes it and decide how to adjust it accordingly.

I think a probe should be done from a not connected 3rd party to see all the current spending and depending on that, the decision should be made. America needs to be the strongest country and our military cam be the weakest link if not funded properly.

For our own military we spend enough maybe to much on the military but we should not help with for foreign military as much

Decrease but do so by reducing number of troops in Foreign countries and stopping the overpaid military contracts with Ratheon and others.

Neither, they need to reallocate the funds to the cyber security and making sure the funds are going where they’re supposed to.

The government should maintain the same level of military spending, but implement zero based budgeting to eliminate redundancy and waste, making the military a much more efficient spender.

Yes they should because they go out in this world and risk their life to make sure that we are safe and they only get paid a small amount. THEY DESERVE MORE. my best friend is in the navy and he risks his life everyday to keep his country safe for a small amount.

Decrease and wisely put more money toward universal healthcare, free college, and other critical issues in the US.

They should decrease spending unless China starts spending significantly more on the military, then it should stay the same or maybe increase a tiny bit.

i think that maybe were spending too much money on the millitary, but it is important to have a strong one in case of attack, so i dont really know.

I feel that the government should stop funding other countries wars and use that money for our own government.

I feel like they should limit the amount that they are spending, if they need to increase, then they should have moral responsibility to still keep the military funds the same.

Maintain, but reform the acquisitions and spending system to stop giving massive sums to contractors and instead improve the military

The current level of spending should be accurately audited to ensure funds are not being used towards obsolete methods of warfare, etc, and then be reallocated accordingly.

The world is obviously preparing for WW3 so it's hard to argue against having a powerful military but 3x the rest of the worlds defense spending is a lot

Decreasing military spending, so that this country can recover from the debt amounted from putting soldiers in foreign countries only to come back as "honorary" "war hero's".

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

Reallocate current spending to protect our own borders and stop spending on never ending foreign wars

It depends on the geopolitical situation and what we see as threats to our way of life. We need to be prepared to defend ourselves but the military industrial complex has gotten out of hand.

I think if we are coming towards war then we should have a high spending but if not just make it good enough to consistently grow at a decent rate.

Spend more on education and healthcare for former service membets

Reign in government corruption, audit the defense spending process thoroughly, and determine the actual cost of the parts of defense spending of value. Then see about increasing or decreasing.

Neither but add more oversight to reduce wasteful spending

military spending should depend on what it takes to keep our country safe and be fiscally responsible

Return the troops home, stop fighting wars in other people's back yards, and this will fix itself.

Budgets should be more strictly controlled and not be a "spend it or lose it" mentality allowing for deeper investment in efficiencies and reducing waste.

Increase The pay for military and their living, but decrease the funds for fight wars outside our country.

Should In The Case Of An Active Threat.

decrease by a small amount

No, but the spending should be restructured

Yeah. Increase the soldier wages

I think there should be a vote on what we do and don’t spend our money on

It should only spend what is necessary to maintain a somewhat sufficiently strong military.

I am satisfied with where we currently are; however, the military need extensive auditing and controls on spending. They need to fix what they have and provide a reason on why things aren’t operating or why commands aren’t efficient.

Yea not to much

Maintain spending and make cuts for useless departments that bleed money.

It’s far more import that the money be spent more wisely. Currently too much waste. Let’s first eliminate waste then we can figure out how much money they actually need

Decrease, if you're former military you know

Decrease spending, and reallocate it to social programs

The Government spends way too much of the tax payer's money on pointless military conquest ,war and world policing, so absolutely decrease

Reduce foreign intervention and bring our troops home. Train them excessively well at home…but no more peacekeeping missions without congressional approval/vote

It should only be increased if their are big problems going on around the world involving the United States.

I doesn’t matter to me

Spending limit caps need to be made and more of it current spending towards mental health and the VA

no but it should be heavily monitored

Neither, however audit the Pentagon to ensure no wasting of funds

I think that we should privately lower our military spending, so that other countries do not know the value of which are spending into defense.

Increase but also make it mandatory for all to do 3 years of service before your eligible to apply for college, and while there must learn a trade of some kind, so there’s paid for higher Ed for the left through mandatory military service. Also while there zero access to social media, to regain social sanity.

yes and no because when we do inflation starts to happen

Remain the same and eliminate wasteful spending

Drastically decreases spending on private military contractors, and increase spending on our actual military

Reevaluate all spending and what is truly needed

Doesn’t necessarily matter to me

Decrease, and close all forward deployed bases and reduce troop precense throughout the world

The government should decrease military spending and stop worrying about wars. Wars cause chaos and hunger, govern. should care more about their citizens.

Decrease until the CCP attacks.

The government should only spend what it needs to on the Military. No war = less spending, war = more spending