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RE: How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.6 billion
Enough to eradicate hunger in America for years. It is an obcene display of war profiteering and empire building. America is a lofty palace built on shifting sand.
The government convinced people that distribution of wealth was OK if it was done to help the poor. Of course, very little of what they take from us is distributed to the poor; most goes to corporations like these. The belief that the government can "help" people is the belief it exploits to siphon the wealth of the people into the tanks of the various industrial complexes it supports. We need to stop seeing this expenditure as simply misdirected. We need to stop believing the government will spend our money in "better" ways. We need to stop waiting for it to suddenly allocate these billions to hunger. The government is never going to eradicate hunger or poverty; if that was ever the intent, it would have done so by now.
I agree completely. Very well said! Thank you for putting the spotlight on what was otherwise "out of sight, out of mind".