>>14132824The US military-industrial complex supports the livelihoods millions of Americans, not just active-duty soldiers, either. Having such an extensive peacetime military is also one of the most ideal welfare programs: get fed, get paid, get cared for, all in exchange for working for the government.
Hospitals are run as businesses, and anyone who knows half a thing about business knows you always run things tight so you can malinger your way into budget increases and free handouts. "Oh, no, we're short on hospital beds for the hundredth year in a row! People are literally dying! Please give us more money so we can pocket it and then beg for more money again next year!".
