[josephcsible]

> ...going to people they deem undeserving. They're perfectly happy with the amount spend on the DOD, DHS, etc.

Defense is what the government is supposed to be spending money on. It's a textbook example of a public good.

[zimpenfish]

> It's a textbook example of a public good.

https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar would disagree, for example.

[josephcsible]

I don't see anything in that article that disagrees. Note that by "public good", I mean <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good_(economics)>, not the "opposite of bad" good.