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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 21 points 1 day 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 20 points 1 day ago

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