Today I sent a short email to George F. Will at the Washington Post. I've mailed him comments before and he hasn't replied.
To George F. Will:
In your column of October 5th, 2012, you stated:
"America can be the society it was when it had a spring in its step, a society in which markets — the voluntary collaboration of creative individuals — allocate opportunity."
Could you apply this statement to the defense budget of the U.S., which is an allocation of resources to defense contractors and their supporters. It does not have free markets but it does have creative individuals, not the least of which, for example, is Senator Orrin Hatch, who makes certain that taxpayer dollars flow to Thiokol in Utah. Whether or not this vast expenditure contributes to the safety and security of the U.S. is problematical, vide the unending war in Afghanistan and the truly wretched situation in Iraq. While these foreign adventures may or may not have put a spring in the step of defense contractors, it does contribute to the ever-increasing national debt (remember that?).
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