re: #3 andres

What’s so special about defense spending that it’s better for a kid die of starvation than to consider cutting programs from the Military?

I get the USA needs a strong military to defend themselves, but you also need to invest on your own people to get ahead. Jesus.

Also, we are not talking about raising taxes to take 50% of their income.

Because we can’t tax the rich and cut defense enough to close the budget gap without doing the nation great damage. Either we cut government programs or we raise middle-class taxes to pay for those programs. That’s the choice.