I’d say that $21 Billion is an underestimate. If you include anti-missile systems and other nuclear-related weapons it's over $50 Billion a year wasted. @AtomicAnalyst: Want to give us the full cost of nuclear weapons?
It’s deeply disturbing that a country that preaches peace can comfortably spend $21 billion on nukes but nothing on
- Violence interruption programs like @LIFECampInc
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-Research into gun violence preventionhttps://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1029048731826577411 …
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The current annual cost to sustain and upgrade the entire nuclear arsenal is about $32B and rising. Ballistic missile defense costs are $11.5B and rising. Managing and cleaning up the toxic and radioactive "back end" of the arms race is $5.6B. Total = ~$49.1B (cc:
@democracynow).
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21 Billion on nukes IS keeping kids safe. You know, from being nuked by someone else. They used to teach this when I was in High School. It was commonly referred to as MAD. Mutually Assured Destruction.
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MAD is the ultimate failure at the end of a long line of bad policy and failed diplomacy. It doesn’t keep anybody safe beyond insuring that everybody dies. It deserves ridicule far more than it deserves praise.
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It’s deeply concerning how people like you will compare Trump with Hitler but then think that WE the people should be disarmed. Makes no sense
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Disturbing that we’re spending on something that actually makes America safer?
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