The DOD also stifles innovation through the taxes and inflation required to keep it going, and by encouraging crony capitalism and corruption through awarding c

The DOD also stifles innovation through the taxes and inflation required to keep it going, and by encouraging crony capitalism and corruption through awarding contracts to politically connected companies. Also by propping up dictators and bombing/kidnapping/torturing people and generally interfering with the democratic rule of law. Definitely wouldn't leave them out.