|
Re: In A Crashing Economy Which Government Spending Is Most Important?
Quote:
Originally Posted by John Drake
OTOH I have to say that I think what JV is suggesting is that we spend enough money to keep an adequate home defense and then look to welfare, while probably spending much less on either one; because it wouldn't make sense to wage a foreign war while we have riots at home, but we still do need some defense whatever our internal situation is.
OTOH, given our infrastructure problems, CDN's para pretty much precisely states what's been actual Republican policy since 2001, so I dunno.
|
Not just republican policy, govt policy. When it comes to the federal govt, the gap between liberals and democrats is getting smaller. Both are slowly eroding freedom and personal responsibility to maintain partisan power. What I am suggesting is we spend $0 on welfare, do whatever is neccesary to protect the lives of our citizens from foreign and domestic violence, and reduce taxes to put power and money back in the people hands so they can take care of themselves.
The question is the OP is what is the priorty for govt spending. My arguement is that it does not matter how much money you have if you are dead from a terrorist attack, dirty bomb from Iran, or russian/chinese invasion. Put this country back to what it says in the constitution.
__________________
"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
-Thomas Jefferson
|