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A comment on Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year. Parent comment

Re:Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in o... by BugsJustFindMe on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @05:38PM (#47955084)
> We spend well over a trillion dollars on education.

And we spend well over a trillion dollars on defense. And yet the straight of hormuz is still closed, just like there are still children who don't have enough food and suffer for it. Comparing the total budget of one thing against a budget delta of another thing is wrong. Compare deltas of each and compare their benefits.

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Re:Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in o... by nickff on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @05:41PM (#47955125)
>"And we spend well over a trillion dollars on defense."

That's just not true; the US Military Budget for 2025 was (USD) $768 BB. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...

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Re:Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in o... by BugsJustFindMe on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @05:45PM (#47955158)
It is true. The number you're looking at doesn't include all military spending. For example, it doesn't include the nuclear weapons programs, intelligence programs, veterans affairs, ...

https://www.defensebudget.org/en/country/united-states

The VA budget alone is over $400B, and the intelligence budget is _classified_.

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Re:Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in o... by 91bananas on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @06:48PM (#47955732)
They're asking for 1.5B right now
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Re:Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in o... by idiotsecant on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @05:55PM (#47955267)
So when we consider school spending it's important to count every penny but when we consider military spending we can just neglect vast swathes of spending?
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