The FTE sector and the very rich assert over and over again that we cannot afford to spend money on education and infrastructure; we must instead reduce the national debt. They idolize Reagan, but ignore the massive federal debt he created. The drumbeat goes on despite the enormous decrease in the federal deficit that has taken place since the financial crisis of 2008. Yet, as noted earlier, military expenditures are exempt from this directive. As in the eighteenth century, the function of the state is confined to defending the realm. We have been involved in wars in and around the Middle East
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