Almost $600 billion and rising--Where's the change?

Quite frankly the only real way I see of breaking this system down is from inside each of us as individuals.

It is not something that will happen overnight.

The US economy is 72 percent based on Consumerism.

If every American cut back on what they spent by 50 percent "they" could not afford this war machine.

The American electorate will never "force"its Government to do anything via the ballot. The system is hopelessly corrupt so you have to make the system irrelevant.

Like the Hippies suggested 30-40 years back.