Re:Ask HN: What can we achieve with 1.6 trillion dollar?
by samfisher83 on Monday December 05, 2016 @11:45AM
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That military budget does go toward a lot of jobs. How many people work at Lockheed martin, boeing, bae, Raytheon, etc. That is why congressmen keep that spending up because it ends up going to their counties, districts, etc.
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Re:Ask HN: What can we achieve with 1.6 trillion dollar?
by JamesBarney on Monday December 05, 2016 @12:41PM
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Another way to look at this problem is, given we are funding an enormous amount of people to figure out to drop bomps more efficiently. What other problems could these people be figuring out, or what other devices could they be building that would have a more tangible effect on our day to day lives.