Should the U.S. increase or decrease defense spending?

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It's not as simple as "guns vs. butter".

In a post last week about the future of military technology, I chided those who call for cuts in U.S. defense spending. I argued that it’s a politically bad look to slash military preparedness at a time when totalitarian superpowers invading and massacring their neighbors. And I also argued that since military tech is changing so fast, we need to be ready for anything, which requires putting dollars into more different technological baskets. That message did not sit well with everyone. Judd Legum, who wrote the blog post I had criticized in passing, tweeted the following: Judd…

Should the U.S. increase or decrease defense spending?

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