28 March 2010
Health and American Power
As Americans live longer, defense has become less demanding and health care more subsuming of our resources. The nanny state role of the government is crowding out the globocop role owing not to neglect of our security needs, as Max Boot charges in the March 25, 2010 Wall Street Journal, but to sheer demographic requirements. In fact, the aging of our citizens is more expensive to deal with than the aging of our weapons systems.
Our status as a great power stands on the vitality of the American community, which attracts the best and brightest from around the world to join us in “the pursuit of happiness.” Without a healthy population, there will be nothing left of that society to defend.
As Americans live longer, defense has become less demanding and health care more subsuming of our resources. The nanny state role of the government is crowding out the globocop role owing not to neglect of our security needs, as Max Boot charges in the March 25, 2010 Wall Street Journal, but to sheer demographic requirements. In fact, the aging of our citizens is more expensive to deal with than the aging of our weapons systems.
Our status as a great power stands on the vitality of the American community, which attracts the best and brightest from around the world to join us in “the pursuit of happiness.” Without a healthy population, there will be nothing left of that society to defend.
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