If we had politicians with more brains we wouldn’t need kids going to most conflicts. We certainly don’t need to spend 800+ billion a year with over 800 bases. Then let’s throw on the interest for over half the 30+ trillion in debt interest from that corrupt military spending. Yes the US has a ballooning legacy of idiocy. I would love a day at the Senate and House chamber explaining how embarrassed I am of my government decision making by both parties.
In 2017, one third of all federal employees were veterans as opposed to only 6% of the total U.S. workforce, and almost 40% of new federal government hires in that same year came from the military.May 27, 2020