the-once-and-future-winchester:
LET THAT SINK IN
imagine if we allocated just one year of our military budget to
improving our nations infrastructure
our education system
NASA
We’d have Starfleet soon if it went to NASA
How the hell do you even spend $711 billion on military funding alone.
Fuck everything, this is the most important
In 1998, the UN estimated that we would need $40 billion annually to sustain the entire WORLD population. Not just the US, not North America, the entire planet. This translates to roughly $58 billion today. This would cover housing, food, health care, and a lot more. And we’re spending over 12 times that on military alone in this country. (Source. A breakdown can be found near the end under “Foreign Aid”)