Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly reduce its military spending.

My first Post was all factual data to back up my main argument.We are 9th in percentage spending, but since our GDP is so large, largest in the world, we are by far the largest spenders. On the sum of actual expenditures. Official government reports will severely underplay how much is actually spend. Almost half of total military spending is not included in the Department of Defense official budget. We spend at the very least $1 Trillion, closer to $1.5 Trillion. My figure of $800 Billion is extremely conservative. My opponent argues that the numbers are off since my figure is not as recent. This is correct; military spending has increased since the time it was estimated in my sources.Moving on to my points:1. Improving domestic America.By reducing spending in the military, we are opened with two new options:A. Spend the money somewhere else or B. Cut taxes.A. We desperately need funding for education and infrastructure. More Social and Welfare programs would also be a boon to the countless impoverished people in the country. $400 Billion is a hefty sum. We could revitalize national education, provide free universal health care and more, and still have plenty to go around. B. With less spending comes less need for income. Tax breaks on the tune of $400 Billion for the middle and lower classes would help stimulate the economy and let the average person keep more cash in their pockets.My spending less on the military, we can spend more directly on the people who actually live in America, instead of focusing on how many times over we can nuke the world.2. Improving American security, at home and abroad.U.S. military presence and empire in the world throughout the past century has left its mark. Latin America is ever distrustful of American "intervention". Countries subject to American military might grow hostile to American foreign meddling. Example: The primary reason why Osama Bin Laden took up arms against the U.S. was because his homeland, Saudi Arabia, is deeply influenced by America, and American weapons present on their soil. Most foreign "terror" acts against Americans are acts of resistance against foreign military occupation (Iraq, Afghanistan). If America did not feel the need to empire and police the world, such resistance would never take root. By removing foreign military bases, we reduce American threat and aggression abroad.3. American relations abroad with other powers has been one of confrontation. This should change, starting with a more moderate outlook on the world that does not rely on bullying countries through force of arms. America could should not be seen as the domineering military power of the world. Rather, we should take up the model that successful countries like Germany, the U.K. and Japan use. They do not use their military to force matters into their favor, instead they use their soft economic power to influence the world, in a more bilateral and democratic way. The world has positive views of soft powers and negative views of hard powers. The American economy is very important and surely carries much influence in the world. The way things are going, there will be military draw downs, thanks to the end of the wars in Iraq/Afghanistan, but my plan goes above and beyond. By cutting $400 Billion from non-essential spending, we are able to reduce threat to foreign countries, without compromising security at home. The world will be less confrontational and less militant, especially when in opposition to the U.S. Currently, there are unacceptable harms being incurred in American society due to the degradation of the education system and lack of care for people who need it the most. By cutting this military spending we incur no harms, and reduce major harms present at home and abroad.In my next round I will begin to counter my opponents points.