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Re: Privitizing Defense
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Originally Posted by EricOKC
Perhaps because it is explicitly spelled out in the US Constitution as a legitimate power assigned to the federal government.
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Right, but is this a morrally sound argument? The fact that a bunch of guys 200 years ago said that they had the power of defense isn't very compelling moral argument.
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