They made numerous committees and agencies to fight corruption both in the government and the private sector. These agencies and committees would revise companies and see if they were bad to the workers and would protect the workers more which reduced the company's powers.
Additional money on Social Security can actually lead to an increased security in the country, something the military also wants to achieve.
Specifically, it will decrease a number of people in desperate positions who are more likely to commit crimes.
So for example, decreasing poverty can be more effective as a anti-terrorism measure because it decreases people's desperation, which often leads them to join gangs and terrorist groups.
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