President LBJ proposed his Great Society agenda, which he defined as “a society where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will go unschooled.” It was a war on poverty, touching food, shelter, and education. At that same time, the country also increased its defense spending due to the heightened tension in the Cold War and escalation in the Vietnam War. The country could really do both.
No, the US absolutely can afford to have a gigantic military and massive welfare. That's what being the richest country on earth means
But for some reason we spent the past 50 years insisting that we are better off just letting a few individuals direct that wealth instead of making some choices collectively and democratically.
People might come to their senses when the second gilded age once again leaves a third of us unemployed and parents dying in ditches.
Show your work.
>There are all kinds of dark budgets and stuff spun off into "civilian" programs that actually aren't
How much, though, as a percentage of the federal budget? Also, DoD does a lot of stuff that doesn't involved national defense, like breast cancer research or canal and levee maintenance.
>The published cost of Iran War is like $30 Billion when it is obviously over $100 Billion by experts and that doesn't including replacing all the missiles
Those missiles will be replaced in future defense budgets.