Like, we spent TRILLIONS of dollars on these wars right? If we spent that money instead on Universal Healthcare wouldn't we be better off? The money is going to be spent anyways. Republicans don't give a shit about the debt so why not spend it on something good? Do people really love insurance companies this much to be so against everyone having insurance?
Why do people get so upset when we spend the money on helping our people instead of invading other countries? They just refuse to let Americans keep the money in country in favor of more tanks and jets. Baffling to me.
The thing is, the military is only 20% of the budget, whereas entitlements is just about 50. If we can't make it work with half of all of our money I don't see what throwing another 5 or 10% on top would do.
There's also the fact that every time the US pulls out of a region people tend to start murdering each other, so it's a question of what or how much responsibility we have to police these areas.
Great post. I hate to have to say the US has to 'police' anything, but we really need to. As soon as we pull out anywhere, Russia, China, Iran, or whoever else, will jump in to cause chaos.
Our government should be doing what it can do best - military and foreign relations / interventions. All this talk of "we need free stuff" is just distracting us from what we need to be doing to secure America long-term.