One of the major problems with the government is that they are spending more money than they can pay back. if they want to help fix the problem with the united state then they should stop the spending. the u.s has cut back on all sorts of public spending but it seems as if the military spending keeps increasing. The Department of Defense will spend about $721 billion in fiscal 2011, of which $159 billion is for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This department's huge budget includes much more than just "defense" activities. The bloated size of our current military spending stems from all kinds of extraneous missions besides the basic and constitutional requirement to defend Americans. These days, policymakers want the U.S. military to contain China; transform failed states into stable democracies; chase terrorists; train various foreign militaries to chase terrorists; protect sea lanes; keep oil cheap; democratize the Middle East; protect European, Asian, and Middle Eastern states from aggression; spread good will through humanitarian missions; respond to natural disasters at home and abroad; secure cyberspace, and much more. For the supporters of such missions, the military forces and budget needed to pursue these goals can never be enough. But the relationship between all these objectives and the proper mission of the Department of Defense to protect Americans is tenuous.

sense obama was elected the spending has jumped from just under 20% in 2008 to just over 25% in 2011 and these numbers are still rising as the government keeps spending. 15 countries with the highest spending accounts for 81% as were the unites states alone is responsible for 41% of the spending alone.