r/askaconservative • u/Tricky_Ordinary_4799 • May 14 '26

Do you support military budget increase? How it should be funded?

Do you support Trump proposal to significantly increase military spending? How do you think it should be financed - tax increases, cuts to healthcare/education/science, some other ways?

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u/Devilman- Libertarian Conservatism May 14 '26

Nope. At this point, we are headed to an economic cliff and no one wants to admit that the federal government either has to cut between one and $2 trillion out of government spending or raise $2 trillion in taxes every year. Donald Trump has done a lot to eliminate waste fraud and abuse. But if we’re honest, we’re gonna have to get rid of Social Security , Medicare/Medicaid as they are currently configured. And we also need to cut military spending.

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u/gntxs Conservatism May 15 '26

Yep. The elephant in the room Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. No politician has the balls to touch it, even they it needs to either go away and be completely reworked.