Memorial Day 2024
Memorial Day 2024 The Memorial Day 2024 holiday is a few days from now. It represents the unofficial start of Summer, schools release for the Summer Break, pools open for swimmers, and many people fire-up their grills for hot-dogs, cheeseburgers, barbecue chicken, and shrimp. The Memorial Day Holiday, itself, commemorates military veterans who have died in battle while serving their country. The U.S. Department of Defense spends more than $800 billion per year, and leads NATO, the most powerful military alliance on Earth. This is more than simply choosing between guns and butter. The $800 billion of military and defense spending could feed half the population of the United States for an entire year. Furthermore, after spending nearly $10 trillion on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American people are no safer today than on the day of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The military leadership both at the Pentagon and at NATO have shown themselves to be among the most i...