Whenever you hear somebody concerned about America’s federal government deficit, tell them the US should slash the $1 TRILLION annual military budget.  The U.S. military spends more in one year than all of the social programs for the poor in the U.S. for a two decade.  More than 10 years of universal health care.

Military budget of the United States

As of 2009, the United States government is spending about $1 trillion annually on defense-related purposes.

The military budget does not include any Homeland Security (hate that name!) spending — no border control or airport control spending.  The military budget is to make war and keep wars going.

Why is the United State so hell bent on war, weapons, and bullying other countries?  Why does the United States spend more on its military than all of Western Europe combined?

This money could be used to better the lives of Americans:  reduce poverty, increase education, universal health care, living wages, food inspections, etc. etc.   What diseases could be cured with greater spending on research?  Instead, this money is used to inflict pain and suffering throughout the world.  It is the main reason most of the rest of the world hates this country.  Who can blame them?    America invades countries for oil.

Ironically, Republicans and Democrats who claim they are fiscal conservatives are always defending the U.S. military spending.  They are not fiscal conservatives, they are war mongers.

America is doomed.