American Budgetary Problems.

       When it comes to spending, America has two big problems right now. Defense and Healthcare. There's a whole bunch of smaller problems, like education, infrastructure, energy, research, and etc. Now, you might call them centers of spending, but I prefer the problem title because they're all problems. By that I mean they're all necessary and important, but we can't afford all of them in their current levels of demand for funds.
       There's a third major problem in global warming, but so far we've been unable to agree to rate it where it belongs. That will come. But getting back to the first two big problems, Healthcare and Defense, the difference is that healthcare costs keep growing faster than we will be able to afford with our current system. But the Healthcare Industrial complex won't yet allow us to change the system.
       The Defense problem is similar in that the Military Industrial complex won't allow us to change either. But it's likely that this will be an easier fix than the Healthcare problem. The reason is that we only have two Defense choices. Shrink and change or stay the same. Healthcare presents a different set of opportunities. We can shrink by cutting out care for those who cannot afford it or cut costs so everyone can afford it, or leave it the way it is. In both problems, leaving it alone will break the piggy bank.
       Now, if you're one of the lucky ones who can afford healthcare, the answer is simple. If you're one of the vast majority, the answer is also simple, make the changes that will lower the costs. Well okay, majority rules, right? Huh, not always. All too often money rules. It'll be a tough fight.
       On Defense, the answer is similar. We can make the reductions that make sense for the needs we have now and into the future, or we can keep producing the military we needed for major invasions as we have in the past. Now there's an easy one to answer, right? Prepare for the future. But that's not likely to meet with the approval of the Military Industrial complex. And remember, money talks.