Guns or Health Care?

by Jake Towne

“We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.”

Throughout time, governments have strong tendencies to simultaneously splurge on both domestic spending and the more sinister business of warfare. This is referred to as the “guns versus butter” economic model. “Butter” is synonymous with domestic spending, while “guns” is synonymous with military spending.