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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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[โ€“] ghosts@hexbear.net 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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!

[โ€“] JoeyWah@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago

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