military spending
Pentagon's annual allocation
Military spending is the money a government allocates to its armed forces—personnel, weapons, equipment, operations, and defense infrastructure.
The term appears frequently in policy debates about national priorities: Military spending accounts for over half the discretionary budget.
Critics question whether military spending crowds out social programs; advocates argue it ensures security.
- defense budgetFunds allocated for armed forces
- blank checkUnrestricted authority document
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- cost overrunsSpending beyond planned amounts
- arms tradeCommerce in weaponry
deterrence · legislative oversight · appropriations · satellite systems · national security · cyber defense · black budget · defense policy · boots on the ground · troop levels · defense contractors · international treaties · job creation · counterterrorism efforts · sequestration · opportunity costs · research and development · peacekeeping missions
- Cold War economicsMarshall Plan, containment policy, economic sanctions, trade embargo, arms race
- Federal Spendingdefense budget, education funding, interest payments, veterans benefits, transportation
- government spendingfederal budget, expenditures, allocations, federal aid, state aid
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- conservatismconservative, traditionalism, fiscal conservative, small government, free enterprise
- Defense Policydefense budget, defense policy, defense secretary, defense minister, defense committee
military spendingsocial spending
Government outlays for citizens
education spending · healthcare spending · butter · welfare spending · social welfare
military spendingdisarmament
Reducing or eliminating weapons
demilitarization · pacifism · defense cuts · arms reduction · isolationism
military spendingausterity
Enforced economic stringency
budget cuts · deficit reduction · fiscal restraint · tax cuts · private investment
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