Odd Blog Couple: Military Spending and Health Care

I’m paired with Taxgirl for B5 Business Channel’s Odd Blog Couple. Here is our question:
If you could increase federal spending in one area and decrease it in another, what would you choose?
First, though, I’ll mention the decrease. Military aid to other countries. We spend billions propping up armies in a variety of countries. 9/11 was used as an excuse to throw even more money at other countries’ military efforts. And has it actually increased our security? Nearly all intelligence says no. Check out the Center for Public Integrity’s numbers on military spending on other countries. Just reducing the amount …read more