jayeff

It has nothing whatever to do with socialism vs individualism: capitalism is as much a form of collectivism as socialism is. Nor is there anything magical about military spending. Government spending per se is what has the impact, more than what the money is spent on, although if you wanted to dig deeper, you would find that tax dollars spent on the military benefit the economy far less than tax dollars spent on welfare.

In any case, I'm curious how you find the whole concept of arguably unnecessary government spending compatible with your claims to be a libertarian and wanting to hang on to the money you have earned. I get the impression of smugness rather than political conviction.