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> ...going to people they deem undeserving. They're perfectly happy with the amount spend on the DOD, DHS, etc. Defense is what the government is supposed to b
by josephcsible 4y ago
> ...going to people they deem undeserving. They're perfectly happy with the amount spend on the DOD, DHS, etc.
Defense is what the government is supposed to be spending money on. It's a textbook example of a public good.
- zimpenfish 4y ago> It's a textbook example of a public good. https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar would disagree, for example.
- josephcsible 4y agoI don't see anything in that article that disagrees. Note that by "public good", I mean <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good_(economics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good_(economics)>, not the "opposite of bad" good.