How Does The War Affect The Economy

There are also significant macroeconomic costs to the War on Terror. The war has had macroeconomic costs to the economy due to investing money in the war instead of into the United States economy, and this hinders the progress and stability of the economy and causes economic setbacks. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have contributed in economic setbacks to the U.S. Economy. It can be argued that wars are good for the economy because they create jobs, but if the money spent on the war was invested in the public, then it would have created more jobs than those military jobs created by the wars. If the United States spends more money on industries that are more labor intensive than the military, they create more jobs, such as clean energy. Also, service members spend most of their money in foreign countries, which are economic boosts for other countries and not the U.S. (“Costs”). One final cost of the War on Terror is human costs. Since 2001, 2.7 million service members have been to the war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. The majority of these service members have deployed more than once. The number of United States service members that have
Returning home can be very intense for some veterans who have spent extensive time in battle. Some have experienced many twisted things and cannot function well in society (“Mental”). A high percentage of young veterans have committed suicide, overdosed on drugs, or died in car crashes since returning home from war (“Costs”). One million troops who served in Iraq or Afghanistan were eligible for Veteran Affairs (VA) care. 46% of them came in for VA care. Of those 46%, 48% of them were diagnosed with a mental health problem (“Mental”). There have been over 970,000 disability claims registered with Veteran Affairs by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. This is higher percentage of service members than ever applying for disability claims