Oh no, I don't disagree, I just wanted to remind you that the arm swings both ways, and a massive defense budget is money that doesn't get invested in public good. We spend roughly a sixth of the budget to maintain our doctrine of fighting the next two strongest countries, while letting our infrastructure crumble, our teachers need to work second jobs, and our hospitals be privatized to the point of excessive costs for minimal aid. Spend more, but don't spend so much it starts to eat into every other aspect of your society, like we do.

Just be careful not to swing the arm the other way, and drastically overspend at the cost of losing what you have. The American model is barely sustainable, and hurts the populace. I fell through my attic and was mostly fine, but since we were worried I was seriously hurt, and I had a nail sticking out of my foot, we called an ambulance. They cleaned it, got me to a hospital, they took the debris out and gave me a tetanus shot and let me limp out the door. I've been fighting the hospital, the ambulance service and health insurance since. It was a $2000 ambulance ride, with another $1000 in hospital bills. Insurance covered about a third, after harassing them for months. And the ambulance company and insurance company can't decide whether or not they covered their share yet. That was a year ago. If I hadn't had enough money set aside, I'd be getting buried in late fees, and interest.