[achingtooth]

That wasn't really my point, my point was that we take on enormous debt and we spend it on things that aren't the best. Why don't we spend more on infrastructure, research, investing in clean energy, etc? I understand that we need a military to protect our position in the world, but I'm not sure $750 billion dollars per year is needed. Sure some of that is spent on research, but I think there are more efficient ways to spend the money.

[astrange]

Well, because everyone in the US has brain damage from inhaling leaded gasoline in the 80s, and so they're stuck in 1992 and think all government policy means bombing countries in the Middle East while ignoring Asia, Africa and their own country.