The US Military Is the Biggest “Big Government” Entitlement Program
The US Military Is the Biggest “Big Government” Entitlement Program
"The US economy is caught in a trap. That trap is the Department of Defense: an increasingly sticky wicket that relies on an annual, trillion-dollar redistribution of government-collected wealth. In fact, itβs the biggest βbig governmentβ program on the planet, easily beating out Chinaβs Peopleβs Liberation Army in both size and cost. It is not only the βnationβs largest employer,β with 2.867 million people currently on the payroll, but it also provides government benefits to 2 million retirees and their family members. And it actively picks private sector winners by targeting billions of dollars to an elite group of profit-seeking contractors."