I assume “Other purposes” is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬

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        This is just federal spending. Most educational spending is at the state level.

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          I don’t know much but I don’t think Australia works that way? Do they have “states” or some equivalent? Curiously asking.

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            Yeah we have 6 states. Australia is a federation like the US. There’s no equivalent to this form because we don’t have any state income taxes.

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      Except we kinda do need our military, especially with how cunty some point Australia’s neighbours can be.

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      Just wait til we buy the govt some nuc subs in the coming years, then that bar gonna be a long boi

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      Yeah because that shit is totally not needed. AU and EU need to step up their shit. Iran and China sure are.

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          You people live in a fantasy world where physical threats do not exist. The US is leading the way protecting Asia and Europe. The entire balkins would be under RU is it wasn’t for that spending.

          The spending it’s needed and it’s EU/Asia doesn’t step up it’s game they’ll ultimately be a second tier power to the United States perpetually. Their call I guess 🤷‍♂️.

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            I mean sadly you’re right - people like to hate on our defense spending in the US, but who does the world look towards when Russia invades Ukraine? It sucks that it needs to be this way, but if we don’t have a strong deterrent to other countries then we’re just asking for problems. Look at how aggressive China and Russia have gotten recently, with China inching closer to an invasion of Taiwan. Who’s going to be laughing when the US is there to help Taiwan?

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            We know more about geo politics in the region than you do. And your drastic oversimplification does not actually result in a reasonable and coherent plan for peace in the Asia pacific region. Again I’ll say, your presence and commentary in this case is misinformed and incorrect.

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            I’m not sure why your being downvoted, but it’s true. Allied countries of the U.S. do not have to put much towards their military budget do to being able to rely on the U.S.

            The U.S. has a strong military presence in the Indo-pacific region and if they didn’t, surely some adversaries would have already been having their way.

            It’s unfortunate it comes to this but that’s just the facts.