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Ironic, Pete Hegseth claims that Iran supports terrorism because they only use tax dollars for military spending instead of social programs (hexbear.net)
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[-] ghosts@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago

Despite handily losing the war, the US spends 33x more per capita than Iran on their military (122x overall!). Also, Iran has universal healthcare and free universities! Neat!

[-] JoeyWah@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

The US also spends more of its GDP per capita on the military than Iran.

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