Can The U.S. Afford Its Military Aid Promises?

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U.S. defense spending and military aid costs are adding up. President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion U.S. military aid package in April 2024, allocating funding to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region. This is on top of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024, which authorized military spending of a record $886 billion. U.S. military spending and aid packages bolster the American defense industry. “People think we’re sending a big check to Ukraine”, Gregory Hayes, CEO of RTX, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box”. “The fact is what most of that money will do will go to support American defense industries here in the U.S."
The five largest U.S. defense companies, Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, had Department of Defense contracts totaling more than $118 billion in fiscal year 2022. “There’s a lot of foreign countries that get aid from the United States that’s predicated upon using that aid to buy U.S. hardware,” said Ken Herbert, aerospace and defense analyst at RBC Capital Markets, told CNBC.
Watch this video to learn more about where the U.S. sends military aid and personnel and how defense spending impacts the world at large.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:44 Chapter 1 - Where the U.S. sends money
5:28 Chapter 2 - U.S. defense companies
8:37 Chapter 3 - Boots on the ground
Produced by: Shawn Baldwin
Edited by: Andrea Miller
Animation: Jason Reginato
Supervising Producer: Lindsey Jacobson
Additional Footage: Getty Images
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Can The U.S. Afford Its Military Aid Promises?

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@hourbee5535 20 күн бұрын

Now you know why so many Americans don’t have healthcare

@chiquita683 20 күн бұрын

Thats antisemitic

@dagobertosantosdeoliveira9546 20 күн бұрын

tHa'S cOmMuNiSm

@TheUsername217 20 күн бұрын

is it because Republicans keep voting against it?

@Sammich4839 20 күн бұрын

like less than 8% don't have healthcare

@Robert-hy3vv 20 күн бұрын

60% of americans have "free" healthcare and its awful quality. If healthcare was free market it would be the best outcome.

@drury2d8 20 күн бұрын

They forgot to include the part of how much money is made on weapon sales and corporate kickbacks.

@scifirealism5943 20 күн бұрын

That's evil

@christiansantiago2730 20 күн бұрын

Bingo ! Why do you think we are always at war ?

@Tenzy7515 19 күн бұрын

No such thing as free lunch 😂

@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 19 күн бұрын

Kindly return your profile picture back to Wikipedia. 😉😆😆

@JediMik 14 күн бұрын

find out on SIPRI

@krzeszewski 20 күн бұрын

israel should pay for itself

@lamchunting856 17 күн бұрын

Those Hollywood movies haven’t been making good money

@widodoakrom3938 16 күн бұрын

True

@steelcitytv 16 күн бұрын

Do you know how many things Israel has made for United States special forces and not even counting the private security sector know the fact is we should probably be paying them probably like a few hundred billion a year

@nixonhoover2 15 күн бұрын

This is "antisemitism "😅😂

@DylanL814 14 күн бұрын

America very rich. We can pay for anything

@khawajarashid7799 20 күн бұрын

Here’s our money. Now buy our products and give us our money back 😂

@markgonzales5172 20 күн бұрын

It’s cheaper just to give them our old equipment lol it’s just a prolonged transaction. Same as me giving my friend 10$ to buy 10$ of materials off me

@khawajarashid7799 20 күн бұрын

@@markgonzales5172 that’s also happening. Plenty of old stuff has been given through 3rd countries but they do need newer equipment such as drones and Ground to air missiles.

@aloud9738 20 күн бұрын

Yea but Ukraine and Israel sell those weapons to other countries no?

@santostv. 20 күн бұрын

That’s how you buy friendships and become a world power, without it china would already have taking your place even tho they are still poorer

@martintop2605 19 күн бұрын

this is how you transfer tax payers money to the industrial military complex legally. Some people make crazy profits on the back of poor Ukrainians

@gamej7946 20 күн бұрын

Most of the wars are not worth it.

@carholic-sz3qv 20 күн бұрын

all of them arent worth it.

@scifirealism5943 20 күн бұрын

Yep

@stevenle5642 20 күн бұрын

depends on who you ask, the weapon manufactures love it...

@vaclavnovacek1035 20 күн бұрын

@@carholic-sz3qv True, but there are situations when you should fight. If every country except for Germany adopted this attitude we would all speak German and lift our right arm a lot more often then what we are used to with all of its grisly consequences.

@dimitarmargaritov 20 күн бұрын

Yeah, I have been saying for a long time, if politicians want war they can go fight themselves.

@ronch182 20 күн бұрын

Lol. "Police"?! Call it what it is, a security force for maintaining America's political interests and resources

@scifirealism5943 20 күн бұрын

Yes

@tengrici431 20 күн бұрын

so what was the interest in bombing iraq?

@makestank4800 19 күн бұрын

@@tengrici431 Regime change, a neocon hit job on Iraq, or something like that.

@roelsvideosandstuffs1513 18 күн бұрын

You mean ready attack force

@hilairelaplume1616 15 күн бұрын

What the hell are you talking about dude the police are useless 300 to 1 the BML riots the Palestinian riots the antifa riots all the police do is give you a speeding ticket in a bad attitude stop blaming the police

@pomsouvannasoth4684 20 күн бұрын

My son’s school may lose six teachers due to the lack of funds.

@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 20 күн бұрын

That's 6 more servicemen/servicewomen. 😂😂 Sorry I'm laughing at the situation at your son's school, but I just couldn't help joking about it.

@ThubanDraconis 19 күн бұрын

Unlikely. I don't know where you are but average spending per public school student is about $15,000 per student. That's $300,000 for a class of 20 students... If anything our schools are massively overfunded. How is that possible? For the same reason fertilizer runoff is bad for streams. Sure it helps plants to grow but they grow so much that the stream gets clogged up with algae. Money makes bureaucracy grow and when you have countless administrators, councilors, specialist, etc. you spend all your money there, meeting their needs and forget to actually hire teachers, pay them well, and provide basic supplies to the classroom. If teachers are losing needed teachers it's because the money went to something else, something that doesn't teach your kid to read and do basic math.

@4.0gpa44 19 күн бұрын

@@ThubanDraconisAgree totally with you except I don't think fertilizer should be regulated, but that's another topic. My school district spends around $22k per student per year, if I'm remembering correctly. Way, way too much money. Many Christian schools could easily do education for 4-10k per student without the liberal propaganda, and homeschooling is another great option as well.

@marcusbrown188 17 күн бұрын

Don’t worry look at how cool the F35 jet is

@johnreyn19 16 күн бұрын

That is likely due to enrollment

@FUTBOLis1 20 күн бұрын

Fun fact free college for all Americans would only cost 58 billion.

@user-fr5hm8ot8e 20 күн бұрын

Yearly

@scifirealism5943 20 күн бұрын

That's it?

@2memeornot224 20 күн бұрын

Dum thought process, because look at EU and soviet economies. Every year their is inflation so goverment has to spend more to the point where it will be like Medicare and Medicaid. Sure the first year is 59 billion but the next year will be 65 then the year after 74 then 80 than 90 than in 20 years we would be spending 300 billion. You see it stacks.

@jacobjones630 20 күн бұрын

@@2memeornot224ahh yes but the military spending stays at the same level… oh wait.

@Dave05J 20 күн бұрын

Why do you want free college? So that our colleges can be overrun and overcrowded like euro ones?? How about the tools u need to learn effectively? The research? Who will finance that part?

@infantry101102 20 күн бұрын

Ohhhhh so because it goes to US defense contractors, that makes it ok? 😂

@kristijangrgic9841 18 күн бұрын

Politicians get a cut, and American oligarchs own the companies so they also get their share

@zeddddd2846 16 күн бұрын

Its better then the majority of it going out of the country.

@turbofox23 13 күн бұрын

yes it does, actually thank you for asking

@OmarOsman98 11 күн бұрын

The military spending keeps our high end industries alive and with taxes it’s a loan that can be repaid off while helping our economy.

@avonfettydale9166 20 күн бұрын

But I thought the one time $1200 stimulus’s was too much money and caused inflation

@bloodlove93 17 күн бұрын

only if it's for the people... the government can't overspend... they're the good guys. yes that was sarcasm

@zeddddd2846 16 күн бұрын

That money is coming out of the military fund, it was already set aside and exists, the 1.2k stimulus is money freshly printed. That makes a huge difference

@ProBallerJordan3 11 күн бұрын

@@zeddddd2846lmao you have no idea what you’re talking about. The military is funded annually besides puny few million dollar accounts. There’s no permanent unlimited military fund

@bobsthea 20 күн бұрын

916 billion dollars for military yet tax cuts is more favourable for the riches and bussiness ? kinda weird isn't it

@Mudcrop123 19 күн бұрын

The us needs to spend on its own people

@TheDogGeneral 17 күн бұрын

Correct financially the United States is not recovered from the boom and defense spending in the financial mishaps from covid and the housing bubble crash during the first decade of the Millennium we need to dial things back we need to spend some time on our own institutions otherwise we're not going to be able to help anybody

@ivoradic7786 16 күн бұрын

Which country's companies will be paid to provide weapons?

@DylanL814 14 күн бұрын

We Americans always put others ahead of us

@TheDogGeneral 14 күн бұрын

@@DylanL814 Well when things are Pleasant and conditions are right it's all right to help folks it's all right to assist other nations but for a generation is certainly seems like our elected leaders have a disconnect they would see that there's no economic turmoil within the borders of the United States so they can just go off on crusades of Charity while Americans suffer but that may soon come to a close I mean unless something changes within this decade there may not be cordial relations across the Atlantic

@JediMik 14 күн бұрын

World Global. US strong, because u trade with all world

@Sonny111 20 күн бұрын

Can't even let us buy affordable chinese goods.

@mrnarason 20 күн бұрын

Goods made with slave like labor?

@dzonikg 20 күн бұрын

WIth now 100% import tax not affordable any more

@dzonikg 20 күн бұрын

@@mrnarason Only slave labor is US corporations like NIKE making shoes in Bangladesh or Myanmar for 1-2$ a day and then sell for 100-200$

@badbadbadcat 20 күн бұрын

@KenCheeseBro yeah yeah, _US - the land of free_ but won't even let people freely use the desired social media or products

@aloud9738 20 күн бұрын

@@mrnarasoncountry built on slave labour.

@eagledefenseusa4799 18 күн бұрын

Israel has universal healthcare. The US does not, but could with all of the money our government sends overseas.

@n.listeeb1955 17 күн бұрын

Won't happen due to greed. Politicians bend to special interests via lobbyists 💰💰💰🤑

@widodoakrom3938 16 күн бұрын

Lol

@OmarOsman98 11 күн бұрын

Universal healthcare is a stupid idea for a country of America’s size and values

@Jurmyhyle12 20 күн бұрын

Why are we policing a world that doesn't even like us?

@WillieFungo 20 күн бұрын

Especially Europe. Not a cent more should go to that continent.

@Gh-jo1sr 20 күн бұрын

Imperialism

@warmpi 20 күн бұрын

Because it benefits the US Even the Ukraine aid package... That money is being spent on lockheed martin, raytheon etc.

@billinsf88 20 күн бұрын

Is it really “policing” or dictating their rules they don’t follow themselves.

@ZEEZob 20 күн бұрын

@@Gh-jo1sryep that’s basically how it started

@abhinavkumar6504 20 күн бұрын

Well not many people are getting that the dude said almost 80% of money circulates in US economy. So every 1 billion dollar aid means US companies get 800 million dollars which is used for paying salaries of workers who work in defence sector, the raw material costs etc. So basically with war in Europe, US is running its economy. US companies have already invested way too much in their defence supply chain. That means you simply cant shut it down. Millions of jobs will be lost. So its kind of that US need instability in world so they can sell what they make best i.e weapons.

@ericlee5515 19 күн бұрын

If you know anything about big US companies it's that they aren't known to treat workers well. It's just more money for the executives, you'd be better off if the government spent the aid on internal improvements instead of foreign military campaigns that somewhat link back to us.

@Matthew-rp3jf 20 күн бұрын

We cant police our own borders.

@ZEEZob 20 күн бұрын

Let alone the country, especially the Middle East

@Charles-yq8vv 20 күн бұрын

We want the cheap labor, duh.

@doujinflip 20 күн бұрын

We can, but Republicans need corporate donations funded by the living wages that migrant workers don’t receive.

@swissjamonigrowchannel8708 20 күн бұрын

Clown

@rhetorical1488 19 күн бұрын

@@doujinflip ok Marxist.

@barrettbritt 20 күн бұрын

We can debate about what this money could be used for all day. Healthcare, higher education, childcare, infrastructure/public transport, veteran’s benefits, fixing social security, etc. But the one thing we can all agree on is that every cent spent on military operations abroad is a cent that is not going back to benefit the taxpayers! I.E., a WASTE!

@joshlever4 20 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t say “every cent spent on military” that’s ridiculous lol it’s obviously flawed and we spend too much money on it but at the end of the day our military is a necessity for the country’s safety. We need to fund it but I agree, our tax money can be used to better things within the country rather than trying my to be the world’s “freedom police”

@Anthrax6989 20 күн бұрын

@@joshlever4 if US won't be freedom police, China will be. The void is always filled by someone.

@2encephalon 20 күн бұрын

Why should it? I do believe that is an individual responsibility to build structures of survival. If money is spent overseas to prevent escalation in preventing a larger conflict involving NATO to occur than that is in the best interests. Because if a larger conflict occurs people will then say “Why didn’t we do more to stop it?” even if people who don’t want to learn new skills or gain knowledge of new industries to better their lives say that money could be spent on healthcare or education. Why rely on the government solely to make that happen? ChatGPT & various tools exists to make more money & expands ideas. That’s why I think if systems were put in place to improve healthcare or education many would just waste it because they themselves lack ambition.

@barrettbritt 20 күн бұрын

@@joshlever4 you cut that off at a very convenient place. It actually reads “every cent spent on military operations abroad.” Of course we have to spend on military…

@Charles-yq8vv 20 күн бұрын

That's just stupid. Read more, study the world, don't be ignorant.

@diamondhands5679 19 күн бұрын

The entire federal industry needs to shrink. Especially, the Department of Defense. It could be reduced by 30 percent and still function effectively.

@HellBot-gi5si 7 күн бұрын

Can't we grown to much. Previous President were so successful in growing our economy we now with NAFTA America, Canada, and Mexico is now 1/3 of the entire worlds economy.

@ayomax7813 20 күн бұрын

It’s not about policing for peace it’s to control the currency 💵

@michaelakanbi4046 19 күн бұрын

The aid is actually past 100 billion at this point

@HellBot-gi5si 7 күн бұрын

Chump change. If we get into a World War II style war in Europe again where we are drafting young men into military service will spent 5 times what spent in Iraq and Afghanistan that was 1 trillion US dollar over twenty years.

@alphadiallo1655 20 күн бұрын

While China is making moves in trades, the US is concerned about wapons and military spendings

@BleuBelair 20 күн бұрын

Trades? Weapons and Military is a business as well. War is bug business nothing will change that, not even GOD.

@alphadiallo1655 20 күн бұрын

@@BleuBelair I also agree

@2encephalon 20 күн бұрын

War is business, buddy. If the US steps down from this position you can bet your two cents that China will start manufacturing more weapons to fill the void because conflicts don’t just magically stop.

@Soras_ 20 күн бұрын

@@BleuBelair it is, but Weapons and Military would likely increase inflation cause it would take away the resource from civilian goods.

@ylstorage7085 20 күн бұрын

@@BleuBelair See lockheed's revenue for a whole year? walmart earns that amount in couple of weeks?

@angelgodric 20 күн бұрын

We need universal healthcare now We need a fair tax system where all pay the same percentage is crazy that companies pay 15-30% less taxes than the working class Need a law that stops corporations from owning a house Where are our leaders at

@THEUSMCMOTA 19 күн бұрын

We need to end obesity if we ever want free healthcare

@Baebon6259 19 күн бұрын

I support everything except for universal healthcare. 1: can't justify that my taxes is paying for someone's ailment because he/she chose to be obese. 2: as a current service member who has no choice but to use " govt free healthcare"... I can tell you right now that you don't want any of that. You are welcome to ask the VA folks.

@DutchFR1908-rj2jz 18 күн бұрын

in the netherlands we all have healthcare its obligated. if you don't earn much you pay less and get compensation from the gouvernement. its affortable for everyone. if there is a will there is a way

@user-kq4hf8se5b 18 күн бұрын

Yeah because the $300 a year you pay in taxes is what keeps the country a float.

@sunshine69962 16 күн бұрын

there are no leaders.

@fawazsaeed5806 19 күн бұрын

The American people are tired of this BS money laundering!

@turbofox23 13 күн бұрын

you were one google search away from learning what "military aid" is, but then again, half of US population sounds like they could barely finish 4 grades of school so it's hardly surprizing

@maxpower1351 20 күн бұрын

Don't be hypocrites and don't call this country the "the world's policeman." We all understand what this really means.

@ExcessumGaming 18 күн бұрын

Better this than having muslim everywhere, dictators or china running the world...

@roelsvideosandstuffs1513 18 күн бұрын

Not related, but just remind me of a certain study about police, prisoners, and abuse of power.

@bloodlove93 17 күн бұрын

I don't take much in the way of pride or vanity is a piece of land...that being said, this is the only thing that makes me feel shame for being American. it's disgusting and i hope it stops asap, the world doesn't need a universal police.

@airgunningyup 20 күн бұрын

the country's debt service in 10 yrs will cause the collapse of the dollar..

@drinkingpoolwater 20 күн бұрын

ive been hearing that for 30 years.

@airgunningyup 20 күн бұрын

@@drinkingpoolwater the debt was small compared to the gdp years ago , thats no longer the case

@Dave05J 20 күн бұрын

@@airgunningyup that is not true at all.

@airgunningyup 20 күн бұрын

@@Dave05J look it up , 1994 , debt was 4.7 trillion. Ivestopedia has every yr detailed. GDP was 7.28 trillion the same yr

@airgunningyup 20 күн бұрын

@@Dave05J lets compare that to today .. 27.4 trill gdp , national debt is 34 trillion.. Dramatic change , not sure why your denying searchable facts

@Jubes123 19 күн бұрын

35 trillion in debt, going up over a trillion a year. I don’t think anyone is serious about the real threat to the nation.

@HellBot-gi5si 7 күн бұрын

Spend the money it worth it by not going to into a World War II style war again in Europe.

@HellBot-gi5si 7 күн бұрын

Just remember we may have to fight again in Europe and the Pacific.

@maamriabassem3818 20 күн бұрын

World's policeman or world's murderer and biggest problem??

@johannesaarto1631 20 күн бұрын

Def not the biggest problem. But definitely a problem. Russia is way worse

@chiquita683 20 күн бұрын

Not the biggest problem, we know who that is

@ME-xc1st 20 күн бұрын

@@johannesaarto1631 US forever wars in the Middle East caused 5 million deaths while Russia has only so far killed a hundred thousand.

@ME-xc1st 20 күн бұрын

@@johannesaarto1631 US forever wars in the Middle East caused 5 million deaths while Russia has only so far reached a hundred thousand.

@MacDaddy8200 20 күн бұрын

@@ME-xc1st Its way more than 100.000 in just 2 years, USA was in Afghanistan for 20+ years.

@user-vo9wd6tx6c 20 күн бұрын

Reminder that literally no one was punished for the Iraq War, Libyan War, etc.

@Eclass96 13 күн бұрын

Exactly, the opposite happened. They were rewarded.

@ceesbeansco8426 19 күн бұрын

STOP THE WARS!… MAKE THE WORLD A SAFER & HAPPY PLACE!!… we deserve a better life!.,.

@jimmyjones416 20 күн бұрын

pass the SWAMP Act...Stop War And Military Profiteers...cut military spending equal to the amount of dividends paid by the top 25 defense contractors budget every 5 years

@guyfawkesuThe1 19 күн бұрын

200,000 troops deployed overseas. A good portion of those also have military dependents! For instance, 35,000 troops in Germany actually mean probably 100,000 with military dependents!

@souravjaiswal-jr4bj 20 күн бұрын

Isreal and Ukraine are 51st and 52nd state of USA

@ME-xc1st 20 күн бұрын

But they don't pay our taxes while we give them billions yearly.

@vanceofthetube 11 күн бұрын

More like US is an Exclave of Israel😢

@flyflybaby2723 20 күн бұрын

No! We are *34 Trillion dollars in DEBT!*

@josephhall1049 19 күн бұрын

what's another trillion or two? lol. just print more money.

@ico9750 19 күн бұрын

You want to be the world's hegemon? You have to back off or pay up.

@zeddddd2846 16 күн бұрын

To who?

@flyflybaby2723 16 күн бұрын

@@zeddddd2846 A huge portion of that debt is if I am not mistaken owned by American institutional investors and some by foreign governments! CNBC made a video about that

@user-tz9ll8ok1x 19 күн бұрын

Of course they can. Print more money from nowhere. Average people go to work for money, the us gov grows it in trees lol

@davidtitanium22 20 күн бұрын

It's the only way to keep their military industry happy, they HAVE to be like this to survive till now. About time they stop though

@JJ2023. 20 күн бұрын

No one invited the US to meddle in the internal affairs of other countries, maybe use that money to upgrade the infrastructure in your own county and provide your own citizens with healthcare !

@HellBot-gi5si 7 күн бұрын

Your a Russia bot. Don't lecture us on meddling when you just invaded another country.

@ian2372 17 күн бұрын

Short answer no, a nation 36 trillion in debt (thanks Joe) can not afford to do anything. We are broke. This money is needed for our borders.

@alphalijahsworld9010 20 күн бұрын

The US government are in other peoples homes but are in disarray when people come here. Lol

@aloud9738 20 күн бұрын

Most anglos are like that look at England.

@guyfawkesuThe1 19 күн бұрын

200,000 troops deployed overseas. A good portion of those also have military dependents! For instance, 35,000 troops in Germany actually mean probably 100,000 with military dependents!

@BjtheLawyer_ 19 күн бұрын

We sending billions to other countries but can’t stop illegals from entering the southern border is wild

@756636789 20 күн бұрын

Not a single dollar for the Veterans healthcare system….

@oldrrocr 20 күн бұрын

different budget altogether.

@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 20 күн бұрын

I didn't know the VA facilities and staff were established and run at zero cost to the US government.😆😆

@zeddddd2846 16 күн бұрын

The united states spends 8x the defense budget for its own internal healthcare.

@zeddddd2846 16 күн бұрын

Around 20% of its gdp for the uninitiated

@Tallacus 17 күн бұрын

Growing up I was taught how lucky I was to be born in America. Now as an adult I realize we live in a serfdom ruled by the corporate overlords who profit off of war.

@ZakWayne 16 күн бұрын

It ain’t cheap to maintain your neo-colonial empire around the world

@Zt3v3 20 күн бұрын

An 80% return on investment is not great, especially when that 20% loss results in death and enrichment of just five mega corps. I can live with an 80% ROI on roads, ports, rail, or healthcare, but those have real world benefits for average Americans. Really, I'd like to see a 110% return on spending, but it's big ask for central planners to get an actual return on our tax dollars.

@user-pi8tb1kx8g 20 күн бұрын

im pretty sure its way higher than 1 mil casualties

@choronzon9028 19 күн бұрын

Of course America can afford military aid just raise the taxes

@tylerlaceby 19 күн бұрын

Not going to watch the first second and to answer your question: NO The U.S Cannot afford its military aid promises. Ffs stop giving money abroad when the problems at home are so bad.

@sodazman 19 күн бұрын

If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

@kbram7363 20 күн бұрын

How about Israel send the USA tax payer $400 billion for a change. Mean while we are $34 trillion in debt and congress is talking about tinkering with social security. Cut aid to everyone. Vote these clowns out of office from both parties. America First! These people have lost their minds

@scifirealism5943 20 күн бұрын

Yes

@Zt3v3 20 күн бұрын

Defense aid does come back to America. Like the guy at the beginning mentioned, it's an 80% return on investment. That money trickles out from those 5 defense contractors. Still, 80% is terrible. Especially when that 20% loss results in death and destruction. Building a new railway or port might not have a positive return on investment either, but it'll benefit Americans for generations instead of a few quarters at Raytheon. Central planning doesn't work, it's fraught with fraud and misallocation of resources.

@scifirealism5943 20 күн бұрын

@@Zt3v3 corporations are as corrupt as the government.

@kbram7363 20 күн бұрын

@@Zt3v3 If Israel wants weapons then they can buy them with their tax payers dollars. No way in hell should the usa tax payer be required to pay for a countries defense on the other side of the world thats a constant consistent pain in the ass for the region and the usa.

@santostv. 20 күн бұрын

Who will keep spying on the middle east for you? And protect your precious oil interests 😂

@x-men69-96 20 күн бұрын

Stop it. We need to take care of American people first. We don't have healthcare, education, and 34T in debt. American people are homeless and hungry

@2encephalon 20 күн бұрын

And what will happen when those people destroy their lives anyway? Whose fault will be then?

@CC8771 20 күн бұрын

But that would be *socialism* or *communism* which half of the country vehemently stops supporting once they hear about it.

@mrnarason 20 күн бұрын

Military is important, look at history or play a game of age of empires of civilization. If you only focus on economy or culture, you'll get steamrolled by an aggressive country.

@dzonikg 20 күн бұрын

@@mrnarason Noone will invade country with Nukes

@2encephalon 20 күн бұрын

@@mrnarason This.

@reyr.7439 20 күн бұрын

USA money should stay in the USA. Give billions to other countries is ridiculous, when we can’t even protect our own citizens!!! 😡😤

@kermit1 19 күн бұрын

But no money left for SS

@limbeboy7 14 күн бұрын

okay so the funds are really a bank loan etc. WHo does the profits go to?

@svettnabb 16 күн бұрын

Sure, money is coming back.. But do these companies pay taxes? They probably pay more in lobbying than taxes..

@jesusacosta8294 20 күн бұрын

It’s all about power. At this Point we run the world. And it’s expensive . Plus we want to control all the oil reserves. Being in control and running everything is expensive.

@WillieFungo 20 күн бұрын

I can't believe people are still babbling about "the oil" in 2024. It's not about that, buddy.

@ME-xc1st 20 күн бұрын

@@WillieFungo Part of the reason, anything happening to oil can inflate it to $500 a barrel which will definitely break the US economy

@WillieFungo 20 күн бұрын

@@ME-xc1st The U.S. is the top oil producer in the world, and Canada and Mexico aren't far behind. Oil stopped being a major geopolitical issue for America since like 2010.

@ME-xc1st 20 күн бұрын

@@WillieFungo Oil price increased by 50% just from the invasion of Ukraine which had no direct impact on oil-producing countries, now imagine terrorists directly cutting Middle East oil.

@WillieFungo 20 күн бұрын

@@ME-xc1st I don't know if you are part of some kind of special interest group. But the obvious solution is to invest more in North American production not to constantly waste money on wars.

@vincebaker3384 20 күн бұрын

NO!!!!! The US can not & should not be the police Dep. & welfair office for the world!!

@ToothlesstheNightFury510 20 күн бұрын

I think we do, and it allows America to create advantageous situations. Home is home, but there’s a lot of world out there that we can cater to our needs

@ME-xc1st 20 күн бұрын

@@ToothlesstheNightFury510 What needs? Ukraine produces wheat, Israel produces military tech with our know-how and Taiwan produces chips with our know-how. We don't need them, they need us and they should become a state of the US that pay taxes if they need our protection.

@ME-xc1st 20 күн бұрын

@Gh-jo1sr 20 күн бұрын

You should go read up on how most of US financial and other types of aid actually works.

@ME-xc1st 20 күн бұрын

@@ToothlesstheNightFury510 What needs? Ukraine produces wheat, Israel produces military tech with our know-how and Taiwan produces chips with our know-how. We don't need them, they need us.

@jackofnone500 15 күн бұрын

Why Americans never demand politicians to stop? Looking at the allocation of Govt spending, anyone would think what the hell, where’s the budget for education, for infrastructure, for green energy, for affordable housing?

@Dfgbuiiyyyybb 20 күн бұрын

Global unrest is generally bad for the US economy because we are so dependent on other parts of the world for goods. For example every time there is a conflict in the Middle East gasoline prices shoot up. America just needs to be more selective on where it “polices” The other option is that we become more self sufficient but again brings other challenges like price increases for goods because wages in America are higher. So imagine your Nikes go from $175 a pair to $300 a pair because we decided to move manufacturing back. How many people can afford $300 sneakers?

@zeddddd2846 16 күн бұрын

You are the first person in this comment section who ive seen get it dead on with their assessment. I don't think the average American truly appreciates how much we can afford to buy and do here (comparatively speaking with the rest of the world that is)

@craftyduces90003 20 күн бұрын

We can afford it because we just keep printing money.

@scifirealism5943 20 күн бұрын

Inflation?

@ripplecutter233 20 күн бұрын

"oh no, inflation! Time to force companies to do mass layoffs! Labor costs are too high!" "You mean the rent, right?" "... Did I stutter? I said... The **labor** costs are too high."

@badbadbadcat 20 күн бұрын

@@ripplecutter233 making common men lose jobs is how these guys "manage" inflation. hope people have noticed these guys reporting high employment rate as something bad for inflation. they want people to lose their jobs and go broke for inflation to go away

@zeddddd2846 16 күн бұрын

You are aware the the US is suffering the least when it comes to inflation right? Compared to the rest of the world post covid we have some of the lowest inflation rates. You should go see how europe or russia are holding up comparatively when it comes to the value of their currency

@Jokeofdday 20 күн бұрын

Msg to US : stop trying to control everything and let it go ..

@turbofox23 13 күн бұрын

Jay is content with russia taking alaska back. Just let it go, Jay👍

@bellcramell5207 19 күн бұрын

War never changes

@xt34uevo 19 күн бұрын

Love the data visualization in this video!!!

@Kylelongwest 20 күн бұрын

My country GDP is about $1800 a year but we don't have homeless people camping on the street like in LA. I know it's a good thing that you help other countries with military aid but you should be using that money to help your own country first.

@WillieFungo 20 күн бұрын

Homeless people usually have nothing to do with government policy. They are addicted to substances, just like in any other country.

@Skyler827 20 күн бұрын

If your country's GDP per capita is $1800, you live in Laos, Cambodia, or Haiti. Those are extremely poor countries and most people in Haiti definitely live in poverty.

@dzonikg 20 күн бұрын

@@Skyler827 I live in a small city in Serbia 150 000 people,in my 45 years off life i never saw homeless people in my town ,yes there are few Gypsie who beg in center off city but even they go home after that .And our GDP per capita is like 1/5 off USA

@Dave05J 20 күн бұрын

@@dzonikg is your city filled with immigrants like LA is ? Don't compare. You won't find homeless people in American small towns either!

@santostv. 20 күн бұрын

Serbia gdp per capita is $12,385, my country gdp per capita $27,880 and officially we only have 11k homeless people but we have high homeownership meanwhile the usa doesn’t, also Germany has 607k homeless the more prosperous country with less homeownership rates have higher homeless population Serbia homeownership rate 95.9% Usa homeownership rate 65,7% I don’t usually defend the USA but you are been

@TuyenHuynh-cl7ec 20 күн бұрын

A good question is who keeps approving of these activities? politicians? Citizens who voted? Who? and Who is going to stop it?

@dagobertosantosdeoliveira9546 20 күн бұрын

because you Americans do nothing to change that. you don't protest, you simply accept in silence. In fact, many Americans agree with these interventions

@lolalalia4119 20 күн бұрын

You know all that hype about the shadow government? Unfortunately, it's kinda true. The so-called shadow government is comprised of career bureaucrats. These are the people whose names we never hear and are never in the news. I've also noticed that a lot of these people are descendants of bureaucrats cuz it's easier to control a person when they've been raised and groomed for these jobs. The Bechtel family is a great example. Elected officials are literally low-level temporary employees no different than when a high school elects their student body government - it's a farce to give the illusion that the voters hold any power. Every now and then, the elected official is also a nepo-bureaucrat. When that happens, you see the real damage this system causes - enter the Bush family dynasty. Check out Prescott Bush and how W and Jr worked in the CIA.

@lolalalia4119 20 күн бұрын

@@dagobertosantosdeoliveira9546 ummmm maybe you haven't been paying attention but we are actively protesting this literally right now but the protesters are being demonized as pro-hamas when really they just want us to stop sending money and weapons to government's committing atrocities. You also have to consider how large the US is and how the gov has actively been making it harder and more expensive to mobilize. I live in a wealthy town with zero public transportation. I'm disabled with zero assistance and unable to drive. I literally do not have the means to get to Washington, my state capital, or even my local library. If we were able to, we'd do more but our government continuously thwarts that.

@lolalalia4119 20 күн бұрын

Dear YT, stop shadowbanning and deleting my comments! I see you!

@able101g 13 күн бұрын

As of April 11, 2024, Israel has received about $300 billion in total economic and military aid from the United States, while the majority of American households live Paycheck to Paycheck.

@Im_Vergil 15 күн бұрын

Uncle Sam philosophy: "if it aint broken, break it and then break the bank to fix it" 👤

@2encephalon 20 күн бұрын

1. War is an industry. Like it or not. As long as ideological differences exist there will always be war between the haves & have nots. Which are both sides simultaneously. 2. Topics like these bring out emotionally charged individuals who say things that are in support of their preferred ideology, opinions, & misconstrued beliefs. 3. As time has gone on, I genuinely believe that most people are selfish which is an anti-humanity sentiment that won’t survive into the longevity of the species.

@pointyposeidon 19 күн бұрын

Just imagine what we could do for our country if we didn't spend an insane amount of money on pointless military bases and "US presence" across the globe. Why do we still have bases in Iraq, Syria, Africa, various islands in the Pacific? What are we still doing there?? We literally have to BORROW to cover the costs of all that "Aid" we are giving other countries and to cover the cost of all our military spending. Absolute insanity.

@gokudo-cf5pt 20 күн бұрын

I was hoping that this was gonna be like how american abroad military base was"even we don't know fully what is where "

@mysticalwind4632 Күн бұрын

A better question to ask would be 'can the US pentagon pass an audit ??'

@shakerman55 20 күн бұрын

More than it does on taking care of the elderly, the sick, and children in need in this country.

@ME-xc1st 20 күн бұрын

Teachers too, get laid off despite the teacher shortage and low wages.

@scifirealism5943 20 күн бұрын

@@ME-xc1stwow.

@thakatspajamaz 20 күн бұрын

it's actually wild that THIS is what passes for "unbiased" or "Centrist" "journalism". Can you IMAGINE the uproar if Chinese or Russian news had headlines like "Can China Afford to be the World's Policemen?"

@NoFrillz-G 19 күн бұрын

And is that suppose to make our situation better or is that just to make you feel better. O my Poor baby.

@thakatspajamaz 19 күн бұрын

@@NoFrillz-G LMAO what is this even a response to? Complete non sequitur and ad hominem rolled up into one nothingburger comment

@NoFrillz-G 19 күн бұрын

@@thakatspajamaz o my triggered boy... why so serious...you can't be so sensitive...grow a pair and you'll toughen up.

@thakatspajamaz 19 күн бұрын

@@NoFrillz-G you're literally just screeching wokeisms into the void with no form like a baby boy swinging his arms around, tf??? LMAO

@Brafie37 20 күн бұрын

Sure would be sweet if that money was spent on the people it was taken from 🤷‍♂️

@sishudas1462 8 күн бұрын

Simple answer without even starting the video :- No!

@MrBrewman95 20 күн бұрын

Ron Paul has been right about this for decades.

@oldrrocr 20 күн бұрын

😅😅😅 good one!

@WillieFungo 20 күн бұрын

It's hilarious how we send so much money to Taiwan, while they barely even spend on their own military.

@Dave05J 20 күн бұрын

Relative to the size of their economy, they very much do.

@MehulPatelLXC 20 күн бұрын

How is it hilarious? They make our chips. No chips = Global economic meltdown.

@ME-xc1st 19 күн бұрын

@@MehulPatelLXC They make our chips using our tech and we are already starting to move it to America.

@WillieFungo 19 күн бұрын

@@Dave05J Taiwan doesn't even spend 2% of their GDP on their military. They would rather use that money for world-class healthcare and education.

@waichui2988 15 күн бұрын

Sounds like the playbook of the Soviet Union.

@chriswhitey1978 14 күн бұрын

Yes. It’s called inflation. AKA another tax on Americans

@DylanL814 14 күн бұрын

Don't worry we can afford

@joostonline5146 20 күн бұрын

The US can spend into hyperinflation

@guardianoffire8814 20 күн бұрын

The world has already started to slowly move away from using USD currency for international trade and diversifying their foreign currency reserves. Should the world use the USD less there will be massive problem for the United States. Unlike other countries that have to pay back debts in foreign currency even to their own people. The US pays back debt by simply printing more without the value of currency turning into toilet paper.

@dzonikg 20 күн бұрын

USA cant have huperinflation beacase it force world after WWII to $ be world currency ,so any printed $ from air just get lost in whole world.But if world ditch $ then USA is in big problem ,it has huuuge defficit every year that is fixed by just printing $

@Dave05J 20 күн бұрын

@@guardianoffire8814 the USD was involved in 88% of world trade last year. It's only down from 92% in 1990. I think you've heard too much tiktok.

@letit023 20 күн бұрын

That is why US citizens, you don't have affordable Healthcare but get to pay high taxes

@youngloenoe 20 күн бұрын

It is really a transfer of wealth from the average person to those involved in the military industrial complex. There is a lot of money that was spent during the 20 years in the war with the Middle East that cannot be accounted for.

@DuffyGabi 19 күн бұрын

The average person in America doesn’t actually pay any federal tax but I get your point.

@edl653 20 күн бұрын

The 750 military bases number is a bit misleading as the DoD calls everything a bases, so a building with 10 troops is a base and an area with 3 facility buildings in close proximity to each other would be called 3 separate bases rather than just 1 large base. Additionally, if two different services such as the Army and Navy use a shared area and with two buildings, on Navy and one Army, then we have 2 bases, not 1.

@KCchiefs735 20 күн бұрын

HELL NO 🛑

@tygressblade 20 күн бұрын

Except it makes the US safer because we have politicians in the pocket of a lot of our enemies. One party has announced that democracy is dead. That party has already claimed that violence is ok.

@junalbinotv1196 15 күн бұрын

Think of it if US government use that money to its citizens and infrastructure. 😢

@llamalover02 17 күн бұрын

And these politicians haven't ever once thought to ask if we want our tax money spent this way...

@cho_ny201 20 күн бұрын

Surprised mainstream media is telling the truth

@user-vc4zm9hq2f 20 күн бұрын

Answer, how much does the mafia spend on providing protection for following their own rules.

@edcontreras617 15 күн бұрын

Imagine implementing even 1 percent of that money domestically?

@Shackleford_Rusty 20 күн бұрын

At 49 seconds they said the quiet part out loud. Brought to you by Raytheon

@JDrach30 20 күн бұрын

No. Make lives for Americans FIRST. Great, now I'm labeled a MAGA extremist for wanting lives for Americans prioritized with our tax dollars.

@willvazquez3218 20 күн бұрын

If you step aside, Russia and China take over the world. And they take over the United States too. Everything America does is in the world is to protect our interests. Why do you think that America’s free and powerful. The Monroe doctrine

@lolalalia4119 20 күн бұрын

And that's how far right extremists muddy the waters by giving new meaning to already established ideas and terms. For example: Patriot, woke, fiscal conservative, cancel culture They even turned Christianity into a vehicle supporting for religious oppression, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, and church approved hate.

@WillieFungo 20 күн бұрын

@@willvazquez3218 Europe doesn't need American help to defend itself from Russia. They would just rather use our money instead of theirs. Likewise, Asia doesn't need America's help to contain China.

@jacobjones630 20 күн бұрын

Do you think we should have healthcare costs aligned with the rest of the world? Robust public transit systems, schools, and affordable housing for everyone?

@makestank4800 19 күн бұрын

@@jacobjones630 Yes we should have all of that.

@dagobertosantosdeoliveira9546 20 күн бұрын

you Americans do nothing to change that. you don't protest, you simply accept in silence. In fact, many Americans agree with these interventions

@hajjimubarak 18 күн бұрын

America likes playing Cops and Robbers as the Cop and the Robber

@terrestrialextra4790 16 күн бұрын

Answer: Yes. Future answer: Yes. Look at our military budget during the cold war.

@DylanL814 14 күн бұрын

Yes we so rich, richest country forever

@BjtheLawyer_ 19 күн бұрын

Honestly, we can’t afford to be the world global super power!

@JediMik 14 күн бұрын

but u are now

@BjtheLawyer_ 14 күн бұрын

@@JediMik not really, and we won’t be within the next decade.

@jurgenvietinghoff853 20 күн бұрын

America First

@0animalproductworld558 9 күн бұрын

I almost joined the Army as a Geospatial Engineer. I got 93 points on the asvab and perfect score on the physical exam. I am a christian so I can't swear so I chose to walk out on the day of signing. I have an engineering degree as well.