Well, if not for "the rest", our economy would have collapsed long ago. While compassion is indeed a noble endeavor, prompting eloquent and lengthy speeches, it's manifestation"s cost eventually must be paid. Not a dime of which is provided by the government, by rather by the governed.
Far better we elected those anxious to curtail ever increasing military budgets, thereby freeing some degree of necessary funding for those same altruistic aspirations.