# Should the United States cut or increase the defense budget?

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**Created:** [November 25, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-united-states-cut-or-increase-the-defense-budget/738512 "2015-11-25T04:49:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![GloryDays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-united-states-cut-or-increase-the-defense-budget/738512/1 "2015-11-25T04:49:54Z")

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Some say that the U.S. spends more on defense and military than any other country combined. Some say that President Obama is cutting and gutting the military to pre World War I I levels. Should the United States cut the defense budget or increase it to a high level like never before - even higher than Ronald Reagan ’ s and George W. Bush’s levels?

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