Guns and Pensions
Posted By: rightwingnews      2/19/2013 11:50:31 AM
Right Wing News, by Thomas Sowell
Original Article

A nation’s choice between spending on military defense and spending on civilian goods has often been posed as “guns versus butter.” But understanding the choices of many nations’ political leaders might be helped by examining the contrast between their runaway spending on pensions while skimping on military defense.