The world today is a safer place than it was a hundred years ago, and governments should stop spending large amounts of money on their armed forces. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

In recent times, the globe is quite peaceful as compared to ancient times. A chunk of people believes that a lot of spending on armed forces by the government should be stopped. I firmly agree with the given statement.

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essay will discuss

firstly

, why it is not appropriate for the

country

's

growth

and,

secondly

, how it plays a crucial role in the

defense

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sector. There is a boatload of reasons why people are in

favor

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of stopping huge expenditures on

arms

. The

first

and foremost reason is that if the government spends a huge portion of the budget on buying

arms

or military equipment,

this

would be negative for the

growth

of the

country

.

This

is because, as the higher authorities expend a large number of funds on the

defense

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system, they do not have enough funds for improving other facilities.

For example

, a

country

like Pakistan, expand its mostly public taxes to buy weapons, and because of

this

, it does have not the proper fund to redevelop basic amenities like education, healthcare, accommodation, and many more, that are needed for every

country

's

growth

.

As a result

,

this

wide expense leads the

country

to a slow

growth

path. Those who say that expenses on

arms

are the need of the hour, give their reasons as follows. There is no doubt that in today's world, there are numerous countries that have higher ammunition power. Because of

this

, for

sefty

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safety

reasons. Some people argue that the government should be allocated

sizable

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amount of funds

on

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defence. If it does not

to

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do ,

nation's

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the nation's

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security would be in

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danger

denger

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danger

.

For instance

, Ukraine faces

the

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war situation nowadays because its expenditure on

arms

is lower compared to Russia

that

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attacked

on

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it . To sum up , expanding on basic amenities

such

as education, healthcare and accommodation

is

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far

required

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than

on

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arms

, but in terms of

nation's

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the nation's

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security is mandatory to buy

millitary

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military

equipments

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.