$.7 Trillion dollars, spending in Washington will never, ever, ever be reigned in and controlled.
To paraphrase the Founders, “Trillions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.” I have no problem spending money so that whackos don’t kill me or my family.
Chart about half way down the page shows how much we spent on WW2. We have, and can, spend as much as half our GDP on Defense if needed. Feelings are not facts. People around here got to stop this bad habit of stating their emotion based opinions as statements of fact.
http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/tassava.WWII
Probably right about Washinton never reigning in spending but I believe this is money well spent. In case you haven’t noticed we have begun pulling the mask off of Russia and Chinese affiliation with terrorism. A new arms race has started and Russia is flushed with cash and selling arms across the world. We will always have to stay ahead for our enemies to fear us, no real choice in the matter.