Democracy?

“A new poll finds that the American public would significantly alter the Administration’s discretionary federal budget. Presented a breakdown of the major areas of the proposed discretionary budget and given the opportunity to redistribute it, respondents made major changes.
The most dramatic changes were deep cuts in defense spending, a significant reallocation toward deficit reduction, and increases in spending on education, job training, reducing reliance on oil, and veterans. – more

via Matt Good.

When is an American going to run on a platform focused on cutting the defence surplus?