We need to stop thinking we can spend and stimulate our way out of this mess… cut back spending. The fatted, sacred cow which is the MIC needs to be gutted, deprive the generals the un-necessary toys and shut down some of the military bases in far-off lands where we have no business being. Our military budget is many times the budget of the rest of the world COMBINED, including China and Russia. We still occupy countries we defeated 50 years ago and maintain bases on every speck of land around the globe. It is not isolationist policy I advocate, I support the total defense of our nation and elimination of our enemies. I ask only a reasonable pruning and allocation of resources based on real defense needs. The savings would be immediate and the resources (including the people) better used here at home. Of course, we know this will never happen. Even thinking this is heresy and un-American. They would much rather watch our parents and grandparents suffer and die trying to survive on the scaled-back social programs they cut, rather than cut back on the bloated military.

Dear George,
Thank you so much.
With Love,
The American Public