Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Our military spending is out of control

Our continued military intervention in Middle East affairs appears to have no foreseeable end. The U.S. military budget exceeds that of China, France, United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Italy, India, Brazil, South Korea, Canada, Australia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Israel combined.

We cannot continue down this road of excessive military spending contributing to excessive budget deficits.

Congress continues to squabble over spending cuts in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, but it devotes little time to discussing reduction of the huge military budget.

Why are we expected to be the world’s policeman when the rest of the world is spending their money building and rebuilding their infrastructure and supporting better education for their young people?

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