In his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama separated domestic and foreign policy, perhaps understandably, but let’s connect some dots here.
The president mentioned the need to invest in our infrastructure, which is sorely needed, but also a job and economic stimulator. Specifically, he noted there are 70,000 bridges needing repair.
Some say there’s no money for this, but of course there is, it’s just misappropriated in our bloated Pentagon budget, including useless, exorbitant Cold War weapons systems, maintaining foreign military bases (many in countries that can defend themselves), inane plans for nuclear weapons “modernization,” and the $7 billion per month we spend on a pointless war in Afghanistan.
Let’s bring our troops and war dollars home. Put that money, and some of those troops, to work rebuilding our bridges, roads and schools and creating green energy technology.