Article from Reason by Andrew Heaton & Sarah Rose Siskind.
How many killy things do we need before our country is safe from invasion? The United States defense budget is enormous–it’s larger than the next eight largest countries combined, most of which we’re buddies with.
But military spending is only partially designed around our protection. A significant portion of America’s defense tab is caught up in the military-industrial complex. Politicians love to send federal money and jobs back to their district, and defense contractors eagerly soak up the cash. The $400 billion F-35 program, for example, is the most expensive weapons program in history. Yet it might be obsolete by the time it’s finished.
In the latest Mostly Weekly, Andrew Heaton explores the scope of defense spending and whether or not we’re getting our money’s worth.
Read the entire article at Reason.
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This idiot would have us give up our top ranked military to save money. How about getting the leeches off welfare instead.
Agreed
Give our military the equipment they need to protect our country and get the leeches off of welfare.
If you want money get a job and earn it. The rest of the country did not take you to raise, so stop using our tax dollars to live on.
I agree! have you ever heard the stories about when our military goes over seas to war they are given a brand new weapon when they leave but when they arrive at they other location the new gun is taken from them and they are given an old piece of junk to work with. I have heard about it from 2 different sources, one from Korea and the other from our first time in Iraq. If we are furnishing the guns to the ones we are helping our men should still get their own new weapon.