Yeah, the government should give that money back to the people instead! Bring them out of poverty!
Except it already does, right? When we spend money on our military (or NASA, or other things) that money goes right back into the economy and creates hundreds of thousands of jobs. And then those people spend money and create other jobs, etc etc etc.
I don't necessarily think that building killing machines is the best way to bring vast numbers of people out of poverty, but it does do that to an extent by creating those jobs.
No matter what economic system you favor, things always ultimately come down to job creation in some form or another.
Yeah, the government should give that money back to the people instead! Bring them out of poverty!
Except it already does, right? When we spend money on our military (or NASA, or other things) that money goes right back into the economy and creates hundreds of thousands of jobs. And then those people spend money and create other jobs, etc etc etc.
I don't necessarily think that building killing machines is the best way to bring vast numbers of people out of poverty, but it does do that to an extent by creating those jobs.
No matter what economic system you favor, things always ultimately come down to job creation in some form or another.