Instead of “advocating” why not set an example by doing it yourself? Or is that too much like taking real action for you. 

"Since WW2 our military is anything but a defensive force, we occupy nations who have been deemed a threat (i.e. Japan and Germany among others)..."

Since occupying Japan and Germany, we've done nothing except stomp and occupy a bunch of third world countries that presented as much threat to us as a gnat does to an elephant. Even a rock dweller can see that we have these things called oceans that act as gigantic moats and a nuclear force that can annihilate a planet. No country that isn't suicidal would attempt to attack, let alone invade, these shores. But you keep believing the fiction that we need to spend as we do on our military to be "safe".

"The State of Oregon is the topic here, they are far beyond their means and have no ability to inflate their way out."

This may be true, but you have yet to present any rational, viable solution.