Defense spending as a share of overall federal spending is too high. Because we have limited budget this takes away from other programs which are desperately underfunded. According to STIMSON “in 1975, defense spending totaled $92 billion. By 2000, the Pentagon’s budget grew to $320 billion, representing a 7.41% growth in the last quarter of the 20th century. The Biden administration recently requested $850 billion to fund the Pentagon in 2025. Adjusted for inflation, defense spending has increased more than 48% in just the first 24 years of this century”. This increase in military spending is not sustainable.