The U.S. military budge pays the salaries, training, and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel, maintains arms, equipment and facilities, funds operations, and develops and buys new items. The 2023 U.S. military budget is $773 billion, an increase of 4% over 2022’s budget. The budget includes $177.5 billion for the Army, $194 billion for the Air Force and Space Force and $230.8 billion for the Navy and Marine Corps. Other country’s 2021 military budgets were China $293 billion, United Kingdom $68.4 billion and Russia $66 billion.
42% Increase |
37% Decrease |
35% Increase |
37% Decrease |
6% Increase, but only after our deficit is drastically reduced |
See how support for each position on “Military Spending” has changed over time for 4.3m America voters.
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Unique answers from America users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@93GXLNM2yrs2Y
Streamline current spending and get rid of wasteful spending and only add funds accordingly
@93BQNDS2yrs2Y
Streamline current spending
@8CGQ8R54yrs4Y
Only increase during wartime and conflicts.
@93SGY5Y2yrs2Y
Streamline current spending and get rid of wasteful spending
@8HPMZ5V4yrs4Y
Decrease, our current military spending is extremely high and we could always cut back marginally, and also put a large sum of money back towards other areas that need funding such as healthcare and education.
@94MQMFT2yrs2Y
Streamline and get rid of wasteful spending and only add funds accordingly
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