Unpopular Opinion Time! - The Military Parade

I really don't like this trend of justifying the over spending of a Republican by sighting the over spending of a Democrat. 

Our nation has a massive spending problem, one that counts no matter who is in the White House, Congress, and/or Senate. 

​Now, I already made a video about the military parade Trump wants. And I expected push back on it, which I have gotten. People like to insinuate that I don't respect our military because I don't support the parade. Actually, I don't like being fiscally irresponsible to peacock instead of doing real good for our military members and Veterans. In the video, I cited an argument in meme form, but another is appearing.

As I said, sighting the over spending of a Democrat does not justify the over spending of a Republican. Should Obama have sent $1.7 billion to Iran? No. Does the fact that he did mean it's perfectly OK to spend $22 million on a parade because it's a lot less money and it honors our military? NO! 

Can that money be better spent elsewhere? Yes. A lot of the money we spend in the USA could be better spent elsewhere. In this case, we can use the $22 million to honor our military. But instead of having a parade we could do one or more of the following:

• Give them a much needed pay raise
• Fix the VA, or at least begin to. And I mean really fix it, not just fire some people and call it good.
• Get homeless Veterans off the street
• Ensure they get the benefits they have earned
• Start a scholarship fund for the children of fallen soldiers

We treat our military very poorly in this country. We love to symbolically honor them, but when it comes to doing something real for them, everyone backs away. We could spend $22 million peacocking or we could really show them we care and appreciate what they have done and what they have sacrificed by actually taking care of them. And I'm not going to support the parade simply because it was proposed by Trump. It's a waste of money that could really change the lives of our military members if used properly. 

I have no problem at all spending $22 million on our military. As long as it is spent doing something for them that is less symbolic and more real.