[fortheDeclaration]

Your argument for Defense spending that it created technology is the one often used by Big Gov't spenders for Gov't intrusion in the free market.

Defense exists for one purpose-Defense.

We should only be spending what we need to defend US interests, and that would mean a drastic reduction.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Gov't intrusion in the free market

So...........um, who should build our battleships then? The Public Sector or the Private Sector? Who should build our airplanes? The Public Sector or the Private Sector? The Defense Department is probably the one department that leans on the private sector the most for its product. Should this be stopped? What should our Defense budget be?