Hillary Clinton is pushing the concept of a unified national security budget. As we know, our security is not based simply on our military. We need a strong State Department. We need good information. We need to help nations that need and want our help so that they can become reliable allies. Better security is our goal. Yet, when we are budgeting, we don't look at the whole issue of security. We look at the pieces. And, it's no secret that the military is where we spend more than the lion's share of our money; some estimate that we spend fourteen dollars on the military for every dollar we spend on non-military security issues, such as foreign aid. This defies logic.
I can't imagine a smart businessman budgeting that way. He's focused on the bottom line. While he looks at each department as a separate entity, his aim is to see how that entity helps his company achieve its goals.
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