The U.S. spends over $1 billion a day on “defense”, and currently wages a war in Iraq which cost over $300 billion so far. Yet, U.S. figures show a sharp global rise in terrorism.
Additionally, the governments of the United States spend over $50 billion dollars annually to wage a “war on drugs”, despite the common-knowledge fact that drug prohibition funds terrorism.
Perhaps there are more effective ways to spend these hundreds of billions of dollars, if the goal is really to protect U.S. citizens.
(Although, obviously politicians could care less about the safety and security of the common people. The politicians only use such issues to gain votes, so that these politicians can use their power for self-gain and appeasing lobbyists, bribers, and their cronies.)
For example, a large portion of this money could instead have been returned to tax-payers, who then could have spent it on personal self-defense, or other necessities.
While these wars and defense spending may help the likes of Halliburton, Big Oil, and the military-industrial complex, these wars and defense spending seem to increase terrorism and anti-Americanism, thus decreasing the safety and security of United States citizens.
About The Author: Scott Hughes owns an online self-defense store.
