Consuming nearly half of all government spending, the military budget maintains an overseas empire unrivaled in the history of the world. The U.S. operates a network of bases in dozens of countries, on every continent. The Pentagon is the biggest landowner on earth. This is not only tremendously expensive, but also completely unnecessary and even harmful to our national interests.
Why, for example, do we need bases in Germany, of all places? They are there on account of a warperceived threat from the Soviets that vanished into history along with Stalin's ghost.
fought a generation ago, and they stayed because of a
Another idea to revive the economy is proposed by Justin Raimondo. In short, quit trying to rule the world and quit spending the dollars required to do so.
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