When even a national security think tank established to help manage the existential risks of the Cold War says that income inequality is a problem...
- they believe climate change is a real threat.
- they are constantly trying to get rid of weapons and military bases they don’t need to save money. But the civilian leadership won’t allow them because of loss jobs.
- they are constantly warning that the deficits caused in part by military spending put the US at risk. While this may seem counterintuitive, but most wasteful military spending isn’t done for the benefit of the military or the enlisted. It’s done to support the private military industrial complex.