Yes we spend too much on defense. You're ignoring it's the same shit. We play world police to create situations where corporations make money rebuilding the shit we blew up. See Haliburton, Bush, etc. They want perpetual war to create endless profits.. (Why everyone's losing their mind b/c Trump withdrew 50... yes you read that right 50 troops from Syria). Literally just cannon fodder standing there as justification for a larger war. You're acting like we're only being exploited one way. The question isn't how else that money should be spent but who is necessitating it's spent the way it is. Amazing the number of anti war in middle east liberals and conservatives changed their tune when trump withdrew. One of AOC's platforms for running for senate was withdrawing from the middle east... I respected that, but now that Trump has done it she's screaming betrayal of allies and kurdish genocide nonsense. You're worried about military spending. You should be worrying about the reasons those who approve these budgets do. Senators don't spend or guide your tax money towards shit for free. Lobbyists make sure of that. Until you make lobbying govt on behalf of business interest an illegal practice akin to a bribe (which it literally is) and start hanging traitors (which nearly all of them certainly are) you aint solving shit. You're just playing the 2 party system shit sandwich game... Your choices are shit sandwich or shit sandwich with pickles. I hope you like pickles.