I believe you make a valid point but I don’t believe Dr. Sowell is referring to companies, Congressmen and Senators abusing defense spending for their personal gain.
He is addressing the overall cutting back on defense spending that puts our nation and the lives of our military in jeopardy years down the road should confrontations break out when we are not prepared for those confrontations.
The number one responsibility of our federal government is the protection of our country and its citizens and they have to budget for that.
“The number one responsibility of our federal government is the protection of our country and its citizens and they have to budget for that.”
But they do a terrible job of it, so that eventually people will start to ask exactly what government is for.
I have no expectations that the crooks we have in power will do anything other than enrich themselves at our expense. I don’t know what the answer is, but the current system is broken.