[Billthedrill]

Hmm...cut defense spending and put it all into social welfare programs. It worked in Europe!

Well, until it didn't.

[Dilbert San Diego]

As far as defense spending, can we ever have a calm honest discussion about this?

For example, our defense spending has long included defense of other countries, not just our own. Those countries in Europe have spent very little on defense, because we were the bulwark, with NATO and other alliances, against the Soviets in the cold war.

Comparing our defense spending to other countries is apples and oranges for various reasons.

[firebrand]

And it only worked when it did because of you-know-who.

[ak267]

Is this lady a RNC mole????