freedom: the good news is ....?

Passed along in email came "The Illusion of Freedom..." from which the following was extracted and thr rest is equally, if not more, depressing:

America’s expanding military empire continues to bleed the country dry at a rate of more than $15 billion a month (or $20 million an hour). The Pentagon spends more on war than all 50 states combined spend on health, education, welfare, and safety.