US Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Health Care Act

[kandrathe]

There is a line of thought (that it turns out, is pretty common) that started post-WW2, that Defense spending brought this country out of the great depression, and if Defense spending returned to pre-WW2 levels, that the US economy would crash again.

And, I think not just military spending. I'm not sure I like the idea of the government driving or sustaining a huge portion of the economy (GDP). Making war, and defending things not needing defense is not productive unless there is a real risk of them being taken/destroyed by our enemies. Imagine if all those trillions of dollars were spent on productive infrastructure rather than bombs, and the things that deliver them. And, I'm not a pacifist, really.

I can't help but to reflect on the insanity that is IRAQ -- where we shed blood, and spent years and billions of dollars tearing the place apart. Then, only to turn around and shed more blood, and spend more years and billions more dollars putting it back together again. Yes, the Bathists were a pretty evil regime, and so are many others. I just don't think it's our morality to rid the world of evil tyrants (let alone prop them up).

If there is a *real* enemy, and one we can actually target, then we should prosecute war, quickly and with every intent to utterly destroy the threat. If not, we should stand down, and devote ourselves to things that enrich us all. We cannot win a war against concepts like drug use, poverty, or terrorism. What bunker are they in so we can bomb the hell out of them? And, really, our foreign policy of interventionism is a reflection of our domestic policy of interventionism. Our penchant for interference in other governments business is no different than our penchant for interfering in how people live their lives. Our motto should be; "You need to do it my way".