Re: Libya- Aid to other countries DOES cost money
This brings up something that bothers me, as someone who supports more social spending and less military spending. The public debate seems to focus on the cost of social programs but not of military action. For example, the Iraq War was incredibly expensive, as Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explained in his book
The Three Trillion Dollar War. Still, supporters of that war were rarely asked how they'd pay for it or whether it was worth the price. However, whenever someone proposes a social program, there are incessant complaints that the country can't afford it.
I don't understand why that is, though the right-wing nature of the mainstream media is definitely a reason. Republicans can get away with calling themselves fiscally responsible, even though they support unnecessary wars and ridiculously high defense budgets.
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