@JackTen 152183 wrote:
I’m not american and it’s always a sensitive issue, but I’d just like to point out that the cost of your army/intelligence > free healthcare.
I’m not American either, and this fact has always amazed me.
US military spending is roughly 48% of world military spending. 48 fucking percent!!!! I see slightly different figures for the total value from different sources.
It’s an absurd amount of money to spend trying to maintain status as the world super power, and/or spreading a particular idealogy, ‘US brand freedom’. My point is, that money could be better used to directly benefit Americans at home.
Not living in the US, I can’t say what social services really need attention.
Education, Healthcare, Social security are pretty good guesses.
Anyway I’ll stop there before getting carried away and ranting 
Good luck getting a president who isn’t a warmongering nutjob in your next elections though
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp