Defense and education are both important in America, not only from an idealistic standpoint, but also from both a political and financial standpoint. ... Compensation much like money spent is not a concrete way to determine which is more important, yet compensation helps vastly in answering this important question. ... With this simple yet important theory in mind dissecting the past and present United States fiscal budgets helps us developed an idea of the order of importance of different areas of concentration in the nation. ... "The first pillar is really to protect the homeland, to...

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