It would be much more tolerable if the defense budget wasn't so gigantic. Cut it in half and we could fund all of our ideas on solving domestic social issues.
This is OT, but here's a few rhetorical questions for you to ponder: To what social issues are you referring, how will they be solved with more money, and how much more money? We've spent trillions on welfare since LBJ expanded it in the "War on Poverty," and now we've got more poverty and more welfare dependence.
While cutting the defense budget "in half" is insane, I'd be all in favor of cutting the budget by 10%, closing some bases and reducing infantry, but those savings should be directed at balancing the budget - not flushing down the welfare toilet.
As to Rusty's question, I think most people on both sides would agree that the government has a transparency problem with over-classifying information. But I also think there is plenty of information that is in our national security interest not to divulge to the world. That is just common sense. It is the same reason we keep criminal investigations private at home. It jeopardizes out covert intelligence (spies), allows enemies/criminals to evade us, etc.