What could you do with 240 billion $

I live in Norway, but what I say is similar in other European countries. There are certain freedoms.

For example, I don't have to worry about hospital bills or educational cost. I do not even see the bill, or need to worry.
You have full payed 4 weeks holiday, mother and father have payed leave if they get a child, etc.

A modern car has lot built into it, and it is the same with the country you live in. A dragster is not a sensible family car, but very fun for some. Those on Wall Street seem inclined to prefer it, and tout everybody in America about the perils of socialism and other scares. But for common people, you need a sensible car.

I worked awhile in United States, and was simply appalled by the condition that people struggled with. The criminal correctional system resembles something out of the dark ages. I did experience some co-workers needing surgery, but could not afford it. And when pain just got unbearable, they got drugs on the street. They didn't last long.

If United States would quit messing about, would limit their defense budget to what other NATO countries use, I estimate you would have 240 billion $ - why not invest in your own people ? Why not build a society as most other countries ?

Sure, it isn't perfect anyplace, but America is a whole different chapter. News, television, commercials, Hollywood, business, everybody is spellbound by something they call the "American dream" - It's there somewhere, over the rainbow, Emerald city, - a fata morgana. It's like religion, in which you are promised paradise in some afterlife, if you just do the suffering here and now. In fact, it is the false prophets, as this place could be so much better if we want it to. What could you do with 240 billion dollar ? Even if you spent them on just some fun, buying ice cream for all the kids, having a party - it would be much better then waging wars.

I don't think Iran or Iraq, Afghanistan or any other really have the desire to send troops to the United States in order to wage war upon you. I don't think American people wants to wage war upon others either, but a few men are - the industrial military complex and business men on Wall street. They were actively involved in Germany and Russia, in Vietnam and all over. It gave business opportunity for the selected few. Your tax relief are used by companies that produce their products in China, enabling China to develop their military might, have sold them a re-branded "American dream", to make sure that your children and grandchildren will have a challenge as well. Can you not come up with a better "dream" ?

I wish my English was much better. I envy some of you here, because mine isn't that good. I was bullied even by my english teachers as I didn't speak proper English. They used me as example of how you shouldn't speak. It was never easy to be a kid from United States.

Oh, well ...there is always the unattainable dream we long for, and for most of my life it was to get back home. But my childhood America is gone, things have changed, and it is also frightening if you are about to get your dream come true. I can understand people who has been locked up for too long in jail, may feel scared leaving.

But I cannot resist reacting when I hear obvious falsehood and lies told to people, or what I believe they are.