Lots of people have views about U.S. military spending. Liberals and libertarians think we spend far too much on defense. On the other side, Mitt Romney speaks for many conservatives in arguing that we should spend more: "If you do not want America to be the strongest nation on Earth," says Romney, "I am not your President. You have that President today." But while we usually think of military spending in terms of foreign wars and joint strike fighters, we often neglect one of the biggest growth drivers of the U.S. defense budget: health care.

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 05:32