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It's a taxpayer subsidy to the military-industrial complex. That some of that money ends up in the pockets of workers is a sad reality that cannot yet be avoided, but it's hardly "the reason".

That would imply a level of care that is completely incompatible with a lot of things. Take the use of low-IQ troops in Vietnam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2VwFDV4-g

But the defense budget is so people can "put food on their family"? It doesn't even begin to add up.




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