I don’t see the problem with having the discussion. The US military is a disgustingly wasteful (pallets of cash in the desert “go missing”! [1]) organization that has squandered trillions of dollars. Dollars that could’ve been spent on something useful. It’s time for accountability and responsibility.

Do you seriously not see the problem with not questioning that? We can’t afford universal education and healthcare, but we can afford aircraft carriers that are obsolete for force projection (inexpensive surface cruise missiles from China) and F35s that can’t fly, kill their pilots, and are generally speaking not fit for purpose? [2].

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1

[2] https://www.thedailybeast.com/military-admits-billion-dollar...

>We can’t afford universal education and healthcare

Countries can exist without universal education and health care.

They cannot exist without national defense (whether provided on their own or through an ally). Sorry, that is simply a fact.

Also, national defense is a clearly enumerated function of the federal government per the Constitution. Neither of the other two is.

I never said no military. I said a reduction in spending. We overspend and egregiously waste on ours. That’s my point. Good chat.