Our belief in war as a solution to our foreign policy issues, despite the lack of clear objectives and confirmatory metric of “success,” is hemorrhaging the U.S. budget. Where are the voices of politicians demanding that we justify this annual military spending by pointing to real life successes?
In the meantime, many Americans are going bankrupt in an effort to get the necessary medical care to stay alive (2/3 of all bankruptcies). Others simply give up and die.
