tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post6971613298478405831..comments2023-10-26T22:53:59.503+08:00Comments on The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato: Abe warns on health of US-Japanese allianceJ. Michael Cole 寇謐將http://www.blogger.com/profile/12125612369359079447noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-90698080835072722112011-09-08T00:24:05.340+08:002011-09-08T00:24:05.340+08:00"...if both countries did not find ways to re...<i>"...if both countries did not find ways to resolve their financial difficulties, they would have no choice but to cut their defense budgets."</i><br /><br />They <i>do</i> have a choice: they could begin to cut the extent to which the State involves itself in the production of what are properly understood as market goods: education and healthcare.<br /><br />That the State must provide these things is simply taken for granted.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.com