Maybe we should cut defense spending before we go after programs that serve the poor and the elderly and the poor elderly? Just a thought. Matthew Yglesias:
Obviously, you don’t want to cut the military all the way to the bone lest you invite an invasion from Mexico or Canada. But we’re not even close to being overwhelmed by Canadian arms. And it’s striking that if you look at non-U.S. defense spending, a majority of it appears to be by U.S. treaty allies—NATO members, Japan, Australia, South Korea, etc.—so we really do seem very safe.
Then again … “maybe Mexico’s military is unusually cost effective and we have no choice but to spend 50 times what Mexico spends in order to defend ourselves adequately.”
The defense budget is really high: The U.S. could spend way less – Slate.com