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If You Care About National Security, Then you Should Care About Climate Change.
We need to treat climate change like the threat that it is.
When it comes to the budget of the United States of America, the amount of money spent on the military has consistently been a priority since the days of World War Two. The defense budget has been considered so vital by establishment insiders that it’s almost deemed controversial to question it. For decades the United States has devoted a portion of its revenue to the military that far exceeds the combined defense spending of the world’s next top contenders.
President Trump’s proposed budget of 750 billion dollars to be set aside for military spending certainly raised eyebrows, and sparked instant criticism from those who feel the money could be of use in other areas that would be of greater benefit to the American people.
The response of those in favor of the increasing military budget consistently revolves around the idea that the world remains a very dangerous place, and we must be one step ahead of our adversaries at all times in order to protect ourselves as well as our allies. And yet, one…
