Yeah, the cost of Medicare ansd social security is a heavy burden on the budget and because of that, the US can't give the military the money they need to buy all the stuff they need...
Define "need".
The Federal government's charge is to provide for the common defense, not feed and clothe the poor.
You are not thinking this through.
It's not an entitlement issue. Actually it is because people are entitled to keep the money that's theirs.
Here's how it works:
The GOV wants more stuff-They ask for the money-But the GOV doesn't have the money-So they ask the private bank called The Federal Reserve which is owned by trillioniares who control the money supply to almost every country in the world to "print" some money out of thin air with nothing to back it up and loan it to them with interest.
The Federal Reserve says ok and adds that amount to the national debt and the GOV gets their stuff.
And people alive now as well as people who haven't even been born yet get to pay it back.
The GOV gets their stuff. The trillioniares get a little richer and The People's lives suck a little more.
It's got nothing to do with The GOV feeding or clothing anyone.
What Ike meant by the military industrial complex is more true today than ever.
Here's how it works.
THe GOV creates a boogeyman using the mainstream media as it's propaganda machine to manipulate The Peoples feelings.
Then The Politicians decide to attack, invade, plunder and destroy a particular place where the boogeyman lives.
With that comes many huge government contracts worth billions and trillions over time.
The Politicians decide who gets those contracts through bribes paid through a money laundering device like The Clinton Foundation.
The busineses who get the multi billions dollar contracts then show their appreciation to the Politicians for choosing by giving back the Politicians some of that money.
And the cycle goes round and round..........many people die and the world gets shitier.
But the bankers, the businesses, and the Politicians who just so happen to be mass murdering psychopaths make a lot of money.
So at the end of the day it's all worth it.