I was responding to the GP comment about it being "sums beings sent overseas". I agree with you it's mostly unproductive (TBF you actually want military spendi

I was responding to the GP comment about it being "sums beings sent overseas". I agree with you it's mostly unproductive (TBF you actually want military spending to be "unproductive" -- just enough to keep people from attacking you, plus a bit more in case they actually do, but preferably never used). As well, I strongly agree with what I think you're saying that military spending has gone well beyond that point, and money would be better spent on more common threats that people face like lack of access to health care. But that's only one (huge) problem with the budget; it's not all that singular case, as in the case of agricultural that I mentioned. It's also a job stabilization program, though those are less effective than they were 75 years ago (you can't retool an IBM card punch factory to make machine guns). And using the military as a jobs stabilization program is inefficient.