Brandon Aceto
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It seems like a big number.
I mean, in totality.
I mean, I'm not privy to, you know, the crazy thing to me, these numbers are so big.
I mean, where does $1.5 trillion even go?
I like a lot of the aspects.
I mean, here's one thing.
In terms of long-term innovation, the U.S.
military has actually had an incredible multiplier effect on the U.S.
economy in the long run.
So out of all of the places where we spend a lot of money, the military is one of these things where, you know, whether it's the Internet or, you know, things like just the knock-on effect of all of the different technologies that go into a lot of this.
I mean, you look at people like Palmer Luckey and people who are, you know,
incredible innovators.
I mean, going to the whole Space Force thing, you know, people mocked that a few years ago, but now, you know, controlling space and, you know, who's got the most satellites, who's got the ability to see the rest of the world, that all of a sudden looks like the
arguably the most important strategic, you know, economic and military viewpoint of anything.
There's definitely, there's a lot to like in here.
I think the problem with these humongous numbers is you go back to things like, you know, these audits of like the Pentagon where they're like, you know, whoopsies, we lost a few hundred billion dollars and we just don't know where it went.
And it's like, how the hell does that happen?