The USA no longer does anything without a series of catastrophes in a row. aka crisis-driven Because politicians there is no reward for wanting to invest and

The USA no longer does anything without a series of catastrophes in a row. aka crisis-driven Because politicians there is no reward for wanting to invest and preempt failures, whether it is bridges or healthcare or pandemics. Now if it was preparing for a future imaginary war, spend the entire GNP and then some with half the public's blessing. So politicians maybe need to sell everything as a war and have the military do it.