Danger of an Arms Race (fwd)

[Brad De Long]

>> I think most of them are what one might call Clancyites: people
>> who think that high-tech weapons are cool toys, and thus that we
>> should build more of them because of their coolness.
>
>I'm sure this make good ad copy on mailing lists, but a full 70%
>of the defense budget of the US is for personnel related items.
>That is: food, shelter, payroll, benefits ... these "toys" aren't
>very much of the budget.
>
>/jordan

Very true... but somehow I don't think that William Kristol is thinking of
boosting the standard of living of the typical PFC when he calls for $40
billion a year more for defense...