The Tax Man Cometh

terrific cover on the new yorker this past week.

this is where our tax money goes. $463B. spent directly on the military. the figure is in trillions when you consider how much of our economy is driven by the military-industrial-congressional-complex (to quote ike).

what to do? cut military spending in half. triple the education budget and focus on technology, culture, international education, history, and writing.

there's a win-win situation possible here. liberals don't like paying taxes any more than conservatives. no one likes it.

the democrats should propose a budget that cuts military spending and forces the pentagon to become much more efficient. i for one can do without overly masculine military dicks dumping on the government when we spend ten times more on them than children without healthcare.

cut taxes for all but the very rich, and spend only on social programs and enough to keep our military on top (say, $175B). we can reduce the overall size of the government, pay fewer taxes, have a less-militarized and violent-prone culture, and have a better educated populace.

it's frickin time.