What is the U.S government spending more on? obamacare or military defence?
The question is actually irrelevant since defense is the federal government's number one job and health care isn't their job at all.They should be spending NOTHING on health care. Any health care that needs to be provided by the government(if any at all) should be provided by the states.
Do Republicans favor defense spending because every dollar of budget spent on military is a dollar not spent on "handouts"?
I hate spending money on the military. But I also hate war, and if spending to keep proficient and powerful means you don’t have to fight a war, it’s probably money well spent.A weak USA invites warfare. Weakness in arms invites a provocation, and bullies around the globe would poke at us just so they can prove how big they are. So, Republicans get it that the size of the military is due to the effect of restraint on provocation.I don’t see the military as competing with our welfare, Medicare, or Social Security, because military spending is discretionary while those others are non-discretionary. They are “entitlements,” and thus are not usually touchable or even adjustable. We don’t disfavor entitlements, but eventually everyone agrees that we’ll need to take a look at the entitlements because they will become the biggest driver of budget and deficits by 2030. Both Republicans and Democrats agree on this, so eventually we’ll have to address it.The military expenditures are not your enemy when it comes to entitlements. We don’t draw from the same well, or with the same goal. Entitlements are part of the social contract, and we adjust them only occasionally, and not as part of a guns-and-butter discussion.So, perhaps another enemy would be better?
Why do some liberals want to cut defense spending? Our soldiers protect our nation and promote freedom and democracy.
If we cannot afford to ‘cut’ military spending, then we obviously should raise taxes to pay for said military spending. If you don’t want to pay for that military spending, if you don’t want to raise taxes, then we have to cut spending to match current tax loads.It’s simple economics!The truth of the matter is though, we are spending way too much on the military. We are basically spending hundreds of billions of dollars to no purpose other than to feed the egos and pockets of those with small hands.Consider this chart…We are not only #1 in the ability to kill other human beings and force other countries to our will (with the questionable morality in doing so), but we actually spend more on the military than the next 10 countries combined. Heck, we waste more on military boondoggles than China spends on their whole military! So I think a reduction of our military (and perhaps an increase in our state department so we can solve international problems in a more civil manner) is just good economic sense. It makes good conservative sense!
Why are Conservatives afraid of Universal Healthcare?
Opposition is not fear it's opposition .