ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Military budget

Okay kiddo, do you know what a budget is? It's like a plan for how to spend your money. For example, if your allowance is $10 a week, and you want to buy a new toy that costs $20, you will have to save your allowance for two weeks because $10 x 2 = $20.

Now, let's talk about the military budget. The military is a group of people who protect our country from bad guys who might try to hurt us. To do their job properly, they need things like weapons, uniforms, food, and a place to live and sleep. All these things cost money, and the military budget is the plan for how much money the government will give to the military for these things.

The military budget is a huge amount of money, much bigger than your allowance. In fact, it is billions and billions of dollars every year. The government decides on how much money to give to the military by looking at different things, like how many soldiers we have, what kind of weapons we need, and how much we need to spend to keep our country safe.

Some people think the military budget is too big, and that we should spend more money on other things like schools, hospitals, and housing. Other people think the military budget is essential to keeping us safe and protecting our way of life. What do you think?