There is also a major topline increase in next year’s military budget, as a letter from Taxpayers for Common Sense and other advocacy groups points out. The White House sought a 13 percent increase and Congress added $32 billion on top of that. If Republican voters actually knew this, they would be overwhelmingly aligned against it. And overall, 48 percent of those surveyed in the Institute for Global Affairs poll think America spends too much on the military, while just 13 percent says too little. Forty percent believe America should decrease military spending, an increase from previous years.