The democrats would...

If anything

Lower their standards of living

At least, the voting populous - not the politicians in many instances

But they'd like to enhance social programs, not just "pamper slightly to keep them poor"

I don't really get how universal healthcare, a major talking point, is "pampering"

It's an ethical standpoint

Which only pamper and have only a short term effect

...?

Long term it's worse for the populus

Debt.

Are you saying that not going into several hundred thousands of dollars of debt

Is better...?

Oh, do you mean national debt?

I mean

*the military*

Most 'muricans think it's overbloated anyways

The military is not the largest portion of our spending

Hell, we spend as much on the military as we do on a lot of major social programs

It's still far too big

Don't focus on the military because of your ideological stances on said military

$600,000,000,000

No

We don't

I'm not

It's a huge liability

We spend way more on Medicare

Our military is too massive

And Medicaid

barely, actually

and those...

provide tangible benefits to the people

Not barely?

At what cost?

Half our budget goes to health and social

medigay

my bad

It's closer to $700,000,000,000

not $600,000,000,000

But military spending only funds war profiteers...

It's funny how to ignore the percentage