With a war budget of nearly a trillion dollars (out of a total federal outlay of nearly 4 trillion--a record!)--the US, again, chooses guns, not butter.
And it's not like our military needs more building up. When it comes to the military, we outspend the rest of the world combined! In our arsenal are tens-of-thousands nuclear warheads with attendant missile launchers, 12 battle carrier groups that dominate the seven seas, a nuclear powered submarine fleet with enough warheads to destroy the world many times over (also impervious to a first strike!)
Our military has achieved "Full-spectrum dominance," in the words of the Pentagon--that is, we are already supreme in the air, sea, land and outer-space.
Slashing the military budget in half and sending the money to the states as part of the stimulus package would help schools, the vulnerable, infrastructure, job creation green energy, etc.
Taxpayers can make this happen. They need to overcome military lobbyist funded politicians, corporate-run media and the pro-Pentagon president.
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