Why is the U.S.’s military so high and why is it so hard to bring it down to numbers similar to other counties?

Question

Why is the U.S.’s military so high and why is it so hard to bring it down to numbers similar to other counties?

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Answer 1

People believe that the US maintains an army in case they need to fight a war. This is incorrect.

The US maintains an extremely overpowered army so that NO ONE would even think about starting a fight.

> **why is it so hard to bring it down to numbers similar to other counties?**

1) The US’ national interests are protected by being the “World Police”.

2) Military spending creates A LOT of jobs. Hell most of the equipment made by US factories isn’t used at all, but those are good paying union jobs. Happy well payed workers = happy voters.