Since 9/11/2001, the U.S. government has diverted well over A TRILLION DOLLARS from the productivity of America into government programs supposedly aimed at protecting Americans from “terrorism.” (To put this in perspective, the total output of the country–public and private sectors combined–is around $16 trillion.)
Yet terrorism is a miniscule threat. An American has about a 1 in 90 million chance of dying from a terrorist act in any given year. See here.
