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Originally Posted by danielpalos
It is interesting that you do not consider a duly constituted authority to have an more moral authority in the exercise of that authority, than a does an authority that has no more moral authority to engage in such endeavors, other that the might of its sword. Since when does might, make right?
We also have the worlds largest economy. Any familiarity with our own tax rules should give a reasonable person a clue as to why we give a larger proportion of revenue to the UN.
Since when is the US in the business of exporting democracy? Our Constitution only guarantees a republican form of government to the member states of our Union.
Why should the UN always have the best interests of a single State at heart? The US is one of several States of that organization. Shouldn't the UN have the best interests of the entire membership, at heart, instead of only a single State?
We have plenty of work that could be done domestically. We still don't have zero percent official poverty in our first world economy. Having zero percent official poverty would do more to provide for the general Welfare of the United States, than would a multitude of foreign entanglements by politicians who offer no real solutions improve the standard of living of the populace of the US.
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Are you advocating an isolationist policy for the US? Not a bad idea, but not possible, no nation on earth has all the resources it needs to be self sufficient. We need each other, that's all there is to it.
Poverty will never be eraticated by human instrumentality, because it is more a spiritual condition than a physical condition. But we must try. It is not the governments job to feed the poor, or provide for its citizenery. The governments job is to protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, not provide for those things. We as individuals must bear one anothers burdens. I have found that those who advocate more government involvment are the one's who give nothing or very littel to actually help the poor. No they want to shrug that responsibility off on the government. Also these same people will pay less in taxes than anyone else, so that they are the least affected by the increase in the tax burden placed upon the people that is required to fund all these social programs.