education is bad too. it costs 50% more (inflation adjusted) per student than it did 20 years ago. as a % of gdp both the costs of public education and public healthcare together absolutely dwarf what the dod spends. but nobody ever talks about what massive money pits those things are and bemoans the wasteful spending there. but when the military spends historically low amounts, oh fuck oh shit oh fuck, close it down. like i said, the dod isn't to blame for the us financial woes. we have spent far more in the past and things were fine. the huge growth has been in other spending and nobody is pumping the brakes on it.
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