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“…Maybe that’s where a big chunk of the money is going?”
Bingo.The US spends more on the military than the next 10 countries combined. Think about that. China, Russia, etc. We outspend #2 China 7 to 1. That’s not security, that’s insanity.
And with a budget like that, why should there ever be a controversy about having enough money to take care of our soldiers health care? Because the war profiteers (KBR, Halliburton,Lockheed-Martin, etc)are raking the big bucks for themselves, stealing it from the taxpayers and the soldiers who actually deserve some of it.
If you really care about debts and deficits,stop pressuring poor people, minorities, food stamp recipients, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security users and the like and turn your steely conservative/right side gaze upon the Military Industrial Complex trough and you’ll find some expenses that could and should definitely be cut. Billions.