Reply #6: Yes, when Republicanites talk about "wasteful government spending," it's a [View All]

[Lydia Leftcoast]

backdoor way to attack the social safety net, which they see as benefiting only people they despise.

But war, now there's a manly pursuit, and you get to blow up people who look like the people you despise here.

That's the mentality, I think, plus somehow, they never think of war as government spending.