Canada’s defense budget is currently $20 billion a year which is less than 1% of its GDP. This is much less than the $600 billion a year the U.S. spends and the $6.5 billion a year the UK spends. Only 5 other countries of the 28 in NATO spend less. To join NATO each member country pledged to spend at least 2% of their GDP on military spending and defense and defend each other against threats from any non-member country. In a July 2016 U.S. Presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that the United States would not defend NATO member countries who had failed to increase their military budgets to above 2% of Gross Domestic Product. France, Turkey, Germany, Canada, and Italy are countries that are currently spending less than 2% of their GDP on military defense.
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@8ZSR5NL3yrs3Y
Increase to maintain a strong national defense, but current budget should be adjusted by reducing wasteful spending to make it more efficient, and some of the money should be reallocated towards social programs, education, and healthcare.
@8ZSR5NL3yrs3Y
Increase to maintain a strong national defense, and/or if there is a problem that we need to respond to ongoing conflicts/emergency situations. But current spending should be adjusted by reducing wasteful spending to ensure the budget is spent more wisely, and provide our troops with better pay and benefits.
@93ZQDBJ3yrs3Y
Cut out wasteful spending and/or use wasteful spending to increase salaries of military workers.
@8FPLGKD5yrs5Y
Decrease, and a portion of this money should go to veterans in need.
@8GJ3NJZ5yrs5Y
Only enough to keep the US safe from aggressive states.
@8GJ3NJZ5yrs5Y
Increase. The world is dangerous and we must maintain superiority to help protect all western countries.
@8JGSKD55yrs5Y
increase during necessary times
@8LG9WPJ4yrs4Y
Decrease as far as dismantling the new Space Force. That is a huge waste of money! It was fine under the umbrella of the Air Force like it was pretty much since conception. But there shouldn't be any other decrease in military funding.
@8LBRM8F4yrs4Y
Should be increased only if it is necessary. But it should be decreased as there is a lot of money being placed into the military, as the system need to be reformed.
@8ZSR5NL3yrs3Y
Increase to maintain a strong national defense, and if there is a problem that we need to respond to ongoing conflicts/emergency situations. But current spending should be adjusted by eliminating wasteful spending to ensure the budget is spent more efficiently and appropriately, and provide troops with better pay and benefits.
@924MYCK3yrs3Y
Decrease, current spending should be adjusted by reducing wasteful spending to ensure the budget is spent more wisely. Also, some of the budget should be reallocated towards those that need more funding, such as social programs, education, healthcare, etc.
@92S34SB3yrs3Y
Neither, I am satisfied with the current amount of spending, but decrease the Pentagon budget in half. The budget for the Pentagon is called defense spending while the budget for the military is called military spending. This is why they are different and this is my opinion.
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