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It's a sad day when our billionaires have to cover for our government's stupidity.
The foundation previously pledged $100 million in February. The $250 million overall commitment is intended “to support development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines; help strengthen African and South Asian health systems; and help mitigate the social and economic impacts of the virus,” a news release from the foundation said.
The escalation in Gates’ charitable giving also follows his high-profile scolding of the Trump administration for ordering a 60-day freeze on funding of the World Health Organization, a move that was met with alarm by the medical community and condemnation from international leaders.
Bill Gates hikes coronavirus contribution after bashing Trump for defunding WHO - POLITICO
Why doesn't he and other billionaires make up for our inadequate defense spending?
It's a sad day when our billionaires have to cover for our government's stupidity.
Why doesn't he and other billionaires make up for our inadequate defense spending?
Because its not inadequate
Why doesn't he and other billionaires make up for our inadequate defense spending?
Really? Is the U.S. defense budget large enough to create a strong enough military for the U.S. to win handily the next major war
You know one is coming.
It's a sad day when our billionaires have to cover for our government's stupidity.
Why doesn't he and other billionaires make up for our inadequate defense spending?
Why doesn't he and other billionaires make up for our inadequate defense spending?
How is spending more on defense than the next 10+ countries combined inadequate? Who are you afraid of invading?
Military Spending - Our World in Data
Well we spend more than the next ten countries combined.
Is that not enough?
The big problem with defense spending is that it doesn't go to our troops!
Maybe instead of asking billionaires to kick in some money why not ask the defense contractors not to fleece the taxpayers so huge.
Note the years. That's outdated. Now we're at something like 760 billion. Or probably 780.
Utterly meaningless statistics. The U.S. defense spending at the current level is basically simply at "place holding" level. Not enough to strengthen the U.S. to fight (and win) the next major war. A war I believe is utterly inevitable.
But just winning a war is not enough. The American people expect our military to not only win but win impressively enough that we are able to minimize our casualties.
But just winning a war and minimizing our casualties is not enough. Americans want our military to not only win impressively enough that we are able to minimize our casualties but even more impressively enough to minimize ENEMY casualties as well.
Finally the U.S. doesn't fight wars on its own territory. Our military for the most part is not built to defend the U.S. (if you think that is what it should do then that is a separate policy question you should address elsewhere). Our military is composed of EXPEDITIONARY forces. That is for our military to get into battle they have to take ships or planes to get there. Expeditionary forces cost man for man at least 5-7 times as much as the non expeditionary forces our likeliest enemies like China, Russia, and Iran deploy.
Plus, the U.S. military is composed of VOLUNTEER forces while nations like China use draftees. So our military has to compete with the civilian economy for manpower which means the U.S. spends far, far, far more lavishly on pay and benefits compared to nations like China, Russia, and Iran.
Finally, spends much more lavishly on its soldiers for various things from quality of life measures to medical treatment of wounded.
All in all there are a whole host of reasons the U.S. has to spend so much on its military.
I've figured it before and the U.S. defense budget should probably be about 1 trillion dollars a year with a minimum of 5% (50 billion) increases annually, indefinitely.
So if ten times more is not enough....what is? 20 times?
You didn't read my post. Read it and refer to specific points and perhaps I'll reply to you. And considering the U.S. doesn't have any real idea what the Chinese and Russians spend on their military your point is irrelevant anyway.
We need to cut the military budget in half, mothball half our carriers and shift the mission to defend our shores.
We are not the world's policeman.
Why doesn't he and other billionaires make up for our inadequate defense spending?
Would you agree the U.S. needs enough aircraft carriers to "defend out shores" then?
And if the U.S. is not the "worlds policeman"...then who is?
Gates supporting WHO is one of the best reason I have seen so far for why not another US dollar should go to them.
This Grinning Goon's vaccinations have killed or crippled millions of kids. Make sure you are first in line when authoritarian Democrats make the shots mandatory.
India Holds Bill Gates Accountable For His Vaccine Crimes ⋆ VacTruth.com
Nnamdi Kanu accuses Bill Gates and wife of trying to kill Africans with coronavirus
Sounds like the world's problem to me.
In America we already spend way too much on a bloated, inefficient, robber baron controlled national defense. Which country are you from?
And if they won't do it? Are you okay with a chaotic and lawless international environment?
Citation needed from an unbiased source regarding this claim.
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