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And war allows Congress to spend unlimited[1] funds, which, it seems to me, is a terrible moral hazard. I don't know what the answer is, but surely there's a wa
by jdc 7y ago
And war allows Congress to spend unlimited[1] funds, which, it seems to me, is a terrible moral hazard. I don't know what the answer is, but surely there's a way to stop war from crowding out more responsibly budgeted needs.
1. By policy. Obviously the money can still run out.
- mikeash 7y agoThe answer is for the electorate to be sufficiently educated and free-thinking that they vote out people who deliberately get into stupid wars. Which is probably to say that we’re screwed.