Guns Yes, Butter No

According to this discussion, it is likely Congress will cut funding for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to make more money available to be flushed down the toilet of militarism:

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/23/elec-o23.html

Could anything be more irresponsible and insane?

There no longer is any meaningful social contract in the US, other than the obvious fact We the People have become de facto chattel slaves of the rich.