Do we need to continue a high budget for defense?

I asked this question in the Wisdom of the Crowd - Do we need to continue a high budget for defense?

Here are the top choices from the people who voted:

We can reduce the defense budget and still maintain a high level of security - 63%
We can reduce the defense budget and use the money to help the low income people - 16%
We can reduce the defense budget to match the level spent by neighboring countries - 8%

The total of these three choices is 87%.

The remaining 13% said that a high defense budget is necessary for our security.

See the breakdown of the votes in
http://www.wisdomofthecrowd.sg/chart.aspx?ID=517