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Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

I feel exactly the same way as you. I don't like it when people try to take my guns or give my money to wasteful projects like the F35 or to support third world countries with lots of natural resources.

God forbid we use the same money to develop infrastructure and technology in THIS country.

Btw, some people might consider a military pension to be social welfare.

Defense is a Constitutional mandate. All members of the nation benefit from national defense. Folks that you (the American people) elected determined that the F-35 was the most effective way to defend the nation.

Conversely, there is nothing in the Constitution regarding social welfare and it does not benefit Americans equally. Just the opposite.

Private enterprise and the free market are the appropriate vehicles to develop infrastructure and technology in THIS country.

A military pension is agreed-to compensation between two parties for providing a service. If you object to paying it, you object to paying your (the nation's bills). Assuming you have savings or a retirement plan...wouldn't you find it unacceptable for it to be taken away after you earned/saved it?