A few pings to some folks on another thread.
Thanks for the ping.
The most serious problem I see was not mentioned in the article.
The ever increasing percent of total expenses in the U.S. budget on social welfare is the greatest danger to our national security.
In other words, the greatest threat to our survival are Republicans who are ruling like Marxists when it comes to social welfare spending. The biggest surges in social welfare spending are yet to come as the baby boomers retire and the illegal aliens here start breeding baby illegal aliens (who would then be citizens).
When Bill Clinton first entered office in 1993, we spent roughly 57 cents of every dollar of total spending on social welfare. Today, it is pushing 70 cents of every dollar.
As the percent spent on social welfare increases, the only place it can be gouged from is Defense spending, as it is the only other category with sufficient dollars to do that.
Don't let dollars fool you. In percent, we are spending LESS on Defense today than in 1993. As the world gets gravely dangerous with nuclear proliferation et al, we are spending less on Defense than we were in 1993 because of the superhot growth of spending on social welfare.
I agree with the points the author made. However, the two most serious threats to our survival as a nation (as we know it) are:
1] Republicans acting like radical liberals when it comes to spending
2] Lawmakers focusing on social welfare--both domestically AND globally--at the expense of our own national security.