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change and whatever you do. don't want my show stay main street because i'm probably going to make you uncomfortable. my show is called stretching time. but again, it's not. we don't want to watch it because it might just change the way and say it seems that history is doomed to repeat itself as today. we find ourselves in punched in the middle of several global complex. there's a conflict between ukraine and russia. moss and is re. 1 a security crisis triggered by north korea conflict in central america, and more of this unrest all over the world puts more than half of the countries in a crisis of health economy and social safety, which is the biggest threat to human civilization. i'm christy i and you're watching the cost of everything. where today we will analyze how much it cost,

countries to maintain, sustain and grow their military capability. the military spending is a significant part of many countries, budgets, and differs from nation to nation. not surprisingly, the us has the largest military budget spending $877000000000.00. the next largest military spender is china, but only at $292000000000.00, followed by russia at $86000000000.00. india and saudi arabia around now the top 5 with budgets of $81.00 and $75000000000.00, respectively. now the top 5 countries alone account for almost 60 percent of the global military spending, with the us spending more than the next 11 countries combined. as each country has unique security challenges and geo political objectives, that then shape is military spending priorities. with the conflict in ukraine world

military spending grew for the 8 consecutive year in 2022 to an all time high of $2.00 trillion dollars, which is the sharpest rise in spending. in recent years, in the us defense spending accounts for 12 percent of all federal spending and nearly half of discretionary spending. from that it pays the salaries, the training and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel maintain arms, equipment and facilities, fun operations and develop. and to buy new items for r n d to additionally, a significant portion of the budget goes towards procuring new weapon systems, including air cast ships and other vehicles. weapon systems are a big factor that eats into the budget. now for an average weapon system over its entire service life, the purchase price is only

a 3rd of the cost operating and maintaining and purchasing new munitions for it accounts for nearly $2.00 thirds. the budget also funds the army, the navy, the marine air force and space force. now in 2018, the u. s. military budget accounts for approximately 36 percent of global arm spending. the us also maintains the largest number of military bases and foreign soils in the world. in terms of military power, the global fire power index offers insight into the military capabilities of nation's worldwide. now this is based on an assessment of over 60 factors, including manpower, technological capabilities, nuclear capabilities, strategic locations, financing, logistics, military assets, etc. now, according to this index, the u. s. both the world's most powerful military followed by russia, china, india,

the u. k. south korea, pakistan, japan, and france. on the opposite end the spectrum, the least powerful nations include futon spent in moldova, somalia, and liberia. this is due to limited resources. geopolitical factors, or a commitment to maintaining smaller defense forces to now with a big inequality gap and military powers and smaller nations. nato countries have set forth an agreement to raise the alliance is target for military spending to at least 2 percent of national g d p. however, only 11 out of the 31 members actually managed to reach that target. the western officials have underscore that many allies will have to spend more than 2 percent to meet the requirements of nato's new military plans and continue to provide aid. now today we're joined by keith nick henry found. 2 out of food, not bombs,

now case. can you provide an overview of global military expenditures and the total amount spent on the funds by various countries in recent years? yeah, i think that the largest countries, um, by far our 1st the united states, which spent 8876000000000 dollars last year on its military. and that's the over number that they spent. because we do not know really about c, i a in other cobra military operations. then the next largest is actually china with $292000000000.00 that it's spent in 2022 and then russia. oddly enough, only spend $881000000000.00 on its military nato. on the other hand, spend $1232000000000.00 on the military.

so it's kind of shocking that there would be a war against russia in ukraine by nato in the us, and the level of spending that those 2 groups spent, which is also both the nato countries in the u. s. or the other countries basically suffering the most in homelessness and economic, the private, the so it's a, it's pretty incredible that they've spent that much money yet. they're at a standstill in the front, in the ukraine war. now, what are the key factors contributing to the substantial financial investments made by countries in the military forces? well, i think the principal thing, sadly, is the domestic issues, which so it's about in the united states and i'm certain this is another countries as well. it is that, for instance, we of us make sure that components of almost every piece of military hardware are made in every single congressional district in the country. so it's, it's

a combination of military contractors using their leverage to, to get the u. s. federal tax payers to pay this huge amount of money. but also it's about control because you have uh, for instance, a lot of information that i glean about what's going on with military and expenses on websites that are controlled by military contractors like, you know, i am and this nbc and so on. so they are tied into a whole propaganda situation. it's also they have leverage over these congress people. they're not going to back out out of worst. but i think even globally, only is it about prophets for these uh, you know, for military contractors and control domestically. but also it's used mostly wars, for instance, with the u. s. have been wars of choice. and this was of choice to build popular support for either the president at the time. for instance,

after 911 george bush before 911 was ridiculed even by other conservatives and republicans for being a do for us. and then he became like, really super popular because of he was in the middle of a war, we can see that that's a lot of the reason for button waging a war against russia. and this work to get much bigger. f p starts to look like he's losing a can't possibly win the presidential election. and then we will have to have us troops actually go had to had with the, with the russian military mentally, for domestic purposes. so it's a rep, craig, pat, patriotism, and so on. and then for the smaller countries, sadly it's really their military spending. is it many cases, either to buy weapons from the united states as a way saudi arabia and others have to stay in the good graces of the united states or your country that is being threatened with war by the united states. so,

for instance, syria or, you know, russia or any of the many countries united states has invaded sense. uh, basically the war of 1812, um is, uh, is, uh, they people have to arm themselves to defend themselves against the united states. and we can see that the u. s. military started, and we have the marine corps song is about um, you know, the halls of montezuma, where the us invaded mexico or where you really did not. when in that war or the uh stores or tripoli where the you have to us navy was destroyed in, in their 1st uh, ford conflict. um, and so this, this is the sad thing that the world is bait essentially, particularly since world war 2 been arming itself to defend itself against the united states. and why does some countries allocate a significant portion of their budgets to defense? are there specific concerns or jo, political factors that drive this decision?

well, i think again, in, in each of the cases, either you are trying to defend yourself from the united states. or you are trying to court the united states, often more financially than anything else. so that, you know, i think that the 5 wise countries, which would be, uh, scale. yeah. and i believe new zealand. definitely a great britain. the us in canada. they are um, you know, they, they essentially spy on one another for each other. but they also sell each other weapons and invested in weapon systems for that same reason. and um, and its uh, essentially to control their societies. it's, it's the military but just have made it impossible to have democracies in these countries unfortunately. and that's because there they, there are money goes to that. they control events. they have uh,

the top priority. so if you look at the war uh, in, in the ukraine right now, there's not been one vote why the american people for this war. we didn't have a say in the over throw the credit and government in 2014, when the war started on may 3rd of that year in odessa. we had no uh, you know, most americans have no idea bet that we spent billions of dollars to over throw the ukrainian government, uninstall our own public resume there. right, in a long term plan to have a, a very long ongoing more in that country, which would then profit mostly us a military contractors, but also would profit. yeah. european contractors and british contractors. so it's a, it's sad that this is where, you know, the, the reason we're wasting this huge amount of money. but maybe even more tragically, the millions of people have been killed in this desk for basically domestic

political interest. mainly the interest of propping up a huge financial bonanza for these military contractors. thank you so much case, but please stick around the founder of food, not bombs, keys. mchenry will stay with us right here after the break. and when we come back, we will discuss what country has the head, these military budget in the world. so don't go away. of the western world is given, it is real, a green light to exact revenge in the wake of a mazda is attack on october 7th, and doing so. the west has made it clear international humanitarian law, and the rules of war are subjective and arbitrary. some lives for more valuable than others. some nations may be able to turn to atrocities and other times the united states of america is different. wherever people longed to be free,

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anymore. the, the, the, the clothing us tops the list of the biggest military budget, the country that spends the most on military and defense as a percentage of his g. d. p is surprisingly, oman, at 8.8 percent followed by saudi arabia at 9.5 percent. oh dear yet 6 percent

coate at 5.6 percent and israel a 5.3 percent. the us actually doesn't even crack the top 10 as a percentage of g d p. now, in some countries of age cohorts are required to complete military service. among them are and goal in south sudan and africa as well as finland, austria, and switzerland in europe. and asia, there's vietnam, laos, north and south korea, as well as taiwan that still required universal military service. now around 85 countries worldwide that has some form of obligatory military training. even though this practice is controversial for many reasons, including opposition on religious grounds. however, it is enforced by countries to build a large and powerful military ready to be deployed in times of war, or when the need to protect the sovereignty of the state arises. mandatory military

service come from the national unity. so citizens are able to develop an appreciation for the sacrifices others have made for their country. it also promotes equality among the citizens. as mandatory enlistment means that no one will be exempted from facing wars including celebrities, business men or others, the life and the military can also provide useful skills and instill discipline and cooperation, responsibility, and teamwork. but on the other hand, mandatory military service violates free will, interferes educational pursuits and compromises the quality of the military. as not everyone is fit for it physically or psychologically. many dr. soldiers often life and necessary experience and preparedness, providing low combat skill quality. one notable force in particular is this really defense force, which is a national military of israel. the idea is unique among the militaries of the world

due to its regulated conscription of women since the formation. it is one of the most prominent institutions and as rarely society, due to its influence on the countries economy and political scenes. they can be called upon to serve periodically until the age of 40. after her mom's last attack, israel has called up 236-0000 reserve us within 48 hours to launch and offensive many as well as abroad, or even had a home to join the reserve units or to give aid. this is one of its largest mobilizations in history of roughly 4 percent of is really 9800000 population to take up arms against the palestinian militant group. it is also one of the fastest mobilizations in history, which is impossible for most nations in terms of cold start capabilities. the idea remains unmatched by the rest of the world. now for this and more, let's bring in again keith nick, henry,

founder of food not bots to now case. is there a growing debate or discussion about reallocating funds from military budgets to address other pressing issues such as health care, education, or environmental concerns? there has been like, be below the surface for years that this debate but this war in ukraine has flipped everything on its head. and so what i, what seemed it's very interesting because the republicans now are kind of leading the of the struggle for the, in this debate. something i would have never imagined. and the, you know, i suck for some reason my hunger help line. instead of being really addressing the issue of hunger of homelessness, has been to shared with uh, health insurance companies across the country. so i'm getting about a dozen to 2000 calls a day from senior seeking food, home delivery of food,

something sadly, food, not bombs, doesn't have the resources to do. but i am shocked at how often the people that call in will complain. they have no food in their pantry at all. they might tell me about some cat food that they're gonna eat or so the last 3 cans of tuna and they're angry as can be that we send billions of dollars to the war and ukraine. so there's is bodily me in the united states of average people were starting to see the connection between food and not bombs. and to me that's really exciting. i think, you know, i, we started for the bombs in 1980 when reagan looked like he might become president . then he became president. and then he did what was we believed he would do, which was the verge of the public spending. and those days we used to have public housing and things like that which by and, and instead he diverted it into star wars and into amex, missile system and,

and all those kinds of things. and by the end of his 2nd term, we had 750000 homeless americans in the united states, according to the us government. and um, you know, we had it, they didn't even count the homeless when he came to office. so we're now, yeah, we, we proposed in 1980 that we need to build a movement where our focus was on things like food, housing, and education, and not on the military. and now i think we may be getting to that tipping point, we're aware of food, not bombs, and you know, maybe our messages. finally coming through that we really need to be looking at feeding our people and not just draining our resources into the military. and what are some examples of countries that have successfully shifted resources away from military spending, to fund other national priorities and what were their outcomes? so it's actually the only country that i know that specifically did that was coast

to rica and uh, and they've had, you know, they're a very stable and peaceful place and you know as them, but to have that little tiny country be the country that successfully did that is, is kind of disappointing. now, i think most a lot of the smaller countries um, you know, have very little resources overall anyway. um and um and so their defense budget is uh, you know, it's probably just for a local graft itself, but i, but i don't think that there is any country that 6 that i was aware of anyway. maybe there is a country, it would be great to find out if there's some other country like post the rica that actually had a large military budget and then reduced it and then provided for other people. i, i, you know, this is a world basically where you, where money talks and where the mill is,

where military spending and for this is basically the hands of, of every country. and it's really a shame. how does a country's level of military spending compared to its global counterparts? what insights can we gain from these comparisons? well, the in the countries a do spend the least amount of money on the military tend to have bunch better health outcomes, much better uh, higher levels of education. and um, and are much more uh, there's much more or less violence in their and their countries and so on. um, you know, and, and i would not say any of these countries were very r, perfect. um, but uh, but definitely the, the, you know, when you're there, these countries do a lot better because their focus than even the countries i do have relatively large military spending, but that's a smaller percentage of their total budgets have done really well. for example,

i would say the, you know, norway, sweden and finland and in denmark, i don't have met did not until they became involved in this war in ukraine. have that massive of military budgets. but they did have a, you know, universal healthcare education and so on. i, you know, it's been kind of tragic to see the collapse of canada because that was a very stable country and had a relatively small military budget. but it too has gone the route of, of, of militarism and you and uses like i'm in visiting. even in the 90s, in canada, the homeless population was really relatively small. that is been just ballooning. and in recent years, and it's a very well big country with massive amounts of resources and,

and yet it has these really desperate outcomes where they're, there population where they're now even advocating people use their uh, made with medical assistance in dying as a way to alleviate poverty, and if that trend takes off, we're, you know, the world isn't in real trouble. thank you so much case for your time and insight. the experts say that prioritizing defense spend they over infrastructure investments might undermine economic growth in the long run. now coven 19 prove that the american priority on national security has been focused on the wrong threat. as us defense, expenditures rose in 2020 to $770000000000.00. a 3rd of small us businesses closed either temporarily or for forever. high levels of military expenditures are often identified as a major source of waste of resources that could otherwise be directed towards human

needs. the global campaign on military spend may, has called for a global reduction of 10 percent military spending, with resources directed to development purposes. however, with the escalating global conflict these days, that seems highly unlikely. and then the biggest loser ends up being the tax paid citizens as infrastructure, health care and other services are depleted. i'm christy. i thanks for watching and we'll see you right back here next time on the cost of everything the,

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