With so many problems in the USA, it's no easy job to single out a handful of the most important, priority issues. But the enormous pile of wasted money spent on wars and the military-industrial complex has to be right at the top. Not only is the money spent an enormous destructive waste, but there's also the question of opportunity cost; just a fraction of war money could make major improvements to health care, schools and universities, and our decaying public infrastructure.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The U.S. War Addiction: Funding Enemies to Maintain Trillion Dollar Racket
from Billy Blog. The author points to evidence that the Empire's spending on war seems designed to just keep wars going--you know, it's good for bizness! And that is what the Empire is all about.