[jpl]

They don't have enough money for a bigger military, but they sure had enough money to pass the gigantic prescription drug boondoggle, the biggest increase in the welfare state in decades!

[Poohbah]

They don't have enough money for a bigger military, but they sure had enough money to pass the gigantic prescription drug boondoggle, the biggest increase in the welfare state in decades!

Because politicians heard that a majority of We Da Pee-Pull thought the prescription drug benefit was more important than a larger military.

The downside of self-governance: if the self-governing are a bunch of idiots, we get idiotic decisions.