Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

Decrease, we should still maintain a powerful military, but spending is currently excessively high

Leave it the same, however, redirect it on building better equipment, rather than making the same institutionalized weaponry.

Fund according to need

only increase during times of war

Only increase during times when the U.S is directly attacked or in war with another country or world power.

I believe that the choosing should be based on how much was needed in the past years and to use that to stimate how much will be needed.

when it comes to weapons and stuff, then i think more money isnt that necessary. but for our soldiers, they need more supplies, such as good food.

We need to keep our country safe, not allow U.S. machines to be left in other countries to keep costs low and provide more safety to our country. Tax payers money should go down because the military and government needs to protect their equipment instead of making tax payers pay for the government's and militarys negligence and losses

I don't think military spending should be increased or decreased it should just be buying more when they need to and buying less when they don't need

They should decrease it but its unmoral to put a man out of his job for spending reasons without giving him a way to live.

I think they should allocate the funds inside the military better like giving more to actual troops or better living conditions

Only increase funding if the government can prove undeniably that the military is improving and doing their job.

Honestly I think everything should have an equal or beneficial amount of spending and weapons should not be such a huge priority.

Decrease, domestic issues should be the military's only job, with the draft in place for international issues.

I think its important that we spend on the military but it depends on what the money is going towards

It should decrease, but still remain a prominent portion of our spending. America cannot afford to be weak militarily when there are threats like China on the rise.

Spending should be commiserate with wartime conditions. A base budget to maintain operational readiness and technological advancement is appropriate.

Decrease, we cant support the current military spending and fix an imbalanced economy in our current state.

if they just use it for our country than i say yes but i dont think we need to be spending so much on other countries

Adjust it to he wiser financial stewards and encourage mental health services for people and families in the military.

All for military spending for creating the greatest military, but spend less in other countries business

The US must stay ahead militarily from the rest of the world. I don't equate this with a specific spending amount. I'm in favor of reducing waste and inefficiencies.

Decrease by reducing the amount of bases we have around the world allowing for a few strategic bases.

They should use the military funding to fix the broken system and gun wars going on in the US first. We are not the almighty nation anymore to be spending money sending to foreign wars where we do not have a legitimate stake in it

Increase but after current infrastructure programs have been fixed, and it should be spent purly on protection here in the United States not on foreign soil.

I think it's good to have a military that is ready to go so if something does happen we're ready but, I don't think it should be a main thing to focus on.

Decrease, let’s focus on solving our own problems before we spend more on assisting military for other countries.

I’m satisfied as it currently is until the threat of war (Israel & Pakistan, Russia & Ukraine) subsides

Government should make some actual goals, set an expected budget to achieve set goals, and stay within that budget reevaluating as needed.

Decrease slightly, allowing spending on necessary items and training, and limiting spending on unnecessary or over the top items

they need to be held accountable for their spending. be transparent with the public that pays for it

Find more cost-effective ways to fund the military and find ways to innovate and reduce military costs.

it depends on what if its for more people then I'm not for it but if it's for research or for new tech then I'm for it.

I think maybe decrease just a little bit for certain things. But when needed increase the spending again

Decrease the spending. 820 Billion down to 700 Billion and put the decrease into programs like homeless and other programs, not new programs.

There needs to be more accountability in the spending of the budget, however, we support the growing of our military.

they should have a small but steady increase year to year in order to maintain a standing army and have sufficient defenses in case of attacks against our country.

In the current situation of world politics, it is hard to say if decreasing military spending is a good or bad idea

Remove waste and duplication in military spending and increase as necessary, just enough to defend the United States against foreign and domestic enemies.

Decrease, don't cut the spending for the esArmy, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. Only cut the spending for the Space Force.

We should decrease the military spending by a few and use the other amount of spending for other things that we should be actually spending on that benefits the country more.

I think it could be increased but only after a serious remodeling of current facilities and weapon systems as some given or used by specific branches seem to be out of date or substandard

Military power should be in the hands of the people and every citizen should be capable of protecting ones self

Maintain spending for only defense of the US. Pull out (cut spending) in places around the world we don’t need to be in. We need to use our resources to build our country back up again and not use our money to police the world

I think there should be a savings fund so if we have an emergency we are prepared and keep finding the military training facilities.

Bring spending down until other governments catch up or start catching up, there's a reason why we are called the sleeping dragon.

i dont' really care about it much, but i feel like it should go down but then money could be saved so in times of war if it needs to be raised it soesn't hurt civilians very much.

There's so much spending on the military area, and I think that investing in other areas like energy, scientific research or education.

Leave the same, but redirect substantial funding to research and technology to reduce exposure to military personnel and make interventions substantially more precise to reduce collateral damage

Decrease, but only when it comes to funding new weapons. Do not decrease the salary and benefits of personnel.

If We get a republican in office then we should increase it, but with the democrats. they'll just take the money for themselves and not use it to benefit the military.

It depends on what they want their budget to go toward. If it will help the wellness of our economy and the well being of our military then yes, but if it is not then I think it should stay the same.

The government needs to decrease military spending and put more money towards debt relief and homelessness

it should be set to the point where we can go to war and defend our borders but not as much to cause an occupying forces

Decrease, also, reduce all federal spending in all areas until the United States spends less than what it takes in.

yes but only if it is for us. no more sending stuff to other countries unless it id fr our soldiers in active duty

Im fine with what its at now, but maybe less spending money and sending our troops out to other countries. it could put our country at risk.

I think it deoends on the situation the U.S is in. If we are going to war then yes but otherwise what we are at works fine.

We should try to spend as little as possible and when we need more resources for war or something then the government can increase spending temporarily until the conflict is over.

I think it should be increased but not for other countries. Helping other countries is great and I agree with it but we spend too much helping others.

It should spend the current amount reasonably. It needs to prioritize what and how it spends it money.

Neither, allow the military to carry a budget surplus year to year instead of reducing funding if the agency does not utilize its full budget

I dont think it should be increased or decreased

I think that the spending should be done wisely. It should only be increased if there is a need of more weapons or technology, but should be decreased if there is debt or a budget being followed

yes, and decrease spending across the board. while setting up a better way to establish oversight of said spending

I feel that if the military has a good reason for spending then we should let them. However, when the spending is unnecessary we should decrease the spending.

the government has to spend 15% of the national budget on the military but I do think we should focused on more of our country then the military