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> I also have a moral objection to the nation being such a war monger and would love to see our military spending drop by the effect of needing to blow less thi

> I also have a moral objection to the nation being such a war monger and would love to see our military spending drop by the effect of needing to blow less things up. A lot of the military spending goes toward defense on the behalf of Japan and Europe. Those regions haven't devolved into their usual historic conflicts under this arrangement, and there are enormous peace dividends that we reap from that.

munk-a 8y ago
And this spending, in particular the state department spending, is money quite well spent. I think overseas investment for peace and prosperity is a worthy goal, this can include subsidizing foreign militaries, investing in foreign infrastructure, or even just being diplomatic and not starting fights. I also didn't mention this before but I have no objections to the US paying rather insane amounts of money to support wages for military personnel (and I don't object to O5+ pay levels either) but I do object to the US government's mercenary employment. I think our economy is nearing a post-scarcity state and government, especially military, employment is a way to delay the bad effects this can have on our economy. Private military services and DoD equipment acquisition tends to be where most of the US spending ends up going into dark holes for no real reason. I'd love to see this reformed.