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Yes, precisely—wasteful defense spending accomplishes the goal of supporting the middle class with jobs while failing at the goal of killing people. It's not an
by geofft 7y ago
Yes, precisely—wasteful defense spending accomplishes the goal of supporting the middle class with jobs while failing at the goal of killing people. It's not an "I told you so" thing. I'm genuinely fine with massive taxpayer-supported boondoggles that create jobs in the long term. My objection to defense spending is that it kills people, not that it takes money from my paycheck to create more paychecks.
- jakelazaroff 7y agoWhy are you okay with taxpayer-supported boondoggles that create jobs? Just cut out the middleman and redistribute the money directly.
- geofft 7y agoI support that too, but that seems less politically feasible, and it has largely the same effect.