Reduce 'Defense' Spending

Beyond the annual budget there are far more costs of war. 20 years in Afghanistan and Iraq cost $1.79 trillion and that is estimated to reach $2.89 trillion when including Veteran medical and disability care until 2050. That did not get us stability in the Middle East. We are still bombing Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen and the establishment is foaming at the mouth for war against Iran, Russia, and China. No one ever asks "How are we going to pay for it?" when we are laundering hundreds of billions through defense contractors for more endless wars.

We have more than 800 military bases around the world and the Pentagon hasn't passed an audit out of the last five. We are sending our poor and middle class youth overseas to kill poor and middle class youth there for Military Industrial Complex profit. When they are returned home in caskets, DC calls for more war to 'protect our troops' instead of bringing them home.