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Sorry guys, but I'm going to have to agree that NASA's budget could be rather usefully cut (or done away with entirely).
The United States' defence budget is absolutely massive, and it already has an overwhelming advantage over any military in the world. What good does it do researching ever more complex weaponry in order to gain an advantage over an imaginary enemy? Mind-bogglingly expensive aircraft carriers don't do a thing to Al-Qaeda, and the US has a huge lead over China's military, and its economy can outpace China's easily. Who else is a threat to the United States? North Korea? Their army is technologically a joke compared to the United States', though it may be big.
Other countries manage to get by with far less military expenditure. One wonders whether America really needs such a large military, unless it is trying to maintain an overwhelming power of projection in order to sustain its power by the threat of military force. Justifications aside, is it even sustainable, considering the US' huge budget deficit? Imperial overstretch and all that...
Last edited by Circular Logic; 2009-06-26 at 05:59.
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