The 21st-century relationship among national security, military spending, and economic growth, from the perspective of the United States

The 21st-century relationship among national security , military spending , and economic growth , from the perspective of the United States

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Introduction

The United States ' military budget has been increasing on an annual basis at an alarming rate , especially in the 21st century . While it is understandable that the united states has an extremely huge Gross Domestic Product (GDP ) relative to the other economies of the world still this is not reason enough to continue spending more money on our military , while other sectors

of the economy such as education and healthcare , and which if not addressed have the potential to impact negatively on the American citizens (these includes for instance healthcare and education , do not experience an equally increase in budgetary allocation

Without doubt , the number of Americans in need of education is increasing everyday (Ince 2007 , as are the Americans who are without medical insurance , those who are homeless , and those in need of Social Security services . From such a perspective , the aim of this research is to uncover the issue of our military spending , in view of the recent economic downturn that has dealt us a heavy blow . Further , this research also seeks to offer a justification of why we need to minimize our spending on the military , yet not jeopardize the potential threat to domestic and national security . This is a form of a balancing act , and a tricky one at that , but which we all need to explore , lest...