Among the worst adverse consequences of everyone’s having been born and raised in a welfare-warfare state is that people grow up honestly believing that the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA, along with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, are essential to their freedom, security, and economic well-being. Unfortunately, that mindset stays with many of them until their dying days.

President Trump has just proposed an increase of 10 percent in military spending. Many Americans, especially conservatives, celebrate Trump’s proposal while … Continue reading A Strong Government Equals a Weak Nation