I'll say now what I said then, that it is insane to compare me (or you) to the US (or pretty much any) government. Its a matter of resources, as in I have none. Its just like taxation, bigger taxation for bigger income. Compare the average Joe's income of, say, 20k (after expenses) per year, with the government's income of several hundred billion.
But this isn't about charity, I don't really see what it has to do with the issue. Its a simple matter spending money to harm people instead of using it to help people. In that context, its completely irrelevant if the weapon is lethal, non-lethal or fires french fries, money is being spent on it, money that is badly needed elsewhere.
Rampage, you say that charity is not the government's responsibility. Well, ignoring for a second the issue of foreign policiy and the economics behind it, lets just focus on the US population. If it is the government's job to protect its citizens from let say, invasion, why is it not also their responsibility to protect them from hunger and diesese? Tens, even hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent to protect the US from stuff like terrorism, which has killed a very low number of people, while thousands die from lack of health-care and other necessities. When you ignore all the "scary foreign boogeyman" appeal of terrorism, its actually very harmless, and yet for the money that is being invested into the military, every citizen could easily have universal healthcare.
