It’s almost as if being a manufacturing powerhouse with self-interested trade policies pays for a strong military.
As opposed to a Welfare state where every spare dollar goes to maintaining an ever growing population of dependents? Make no mistake, our current course is going to suck away every nickel for legitimate Government functions—especially national defense. All we’ll have left is a huge population of deadwood who will riot at the first benefit cut. And to make it worse, we’re chasing our industry away with a combination of mandates, regulation, taxes, and an unprepared (but entitled) workforce.
Honestly, we’re a bunch of idiots.