re: More Military Expansion---will we EVER quit spending too much??--Space Force

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To what end? Do you agree it’s possible that the interest on our debt can exceed our GDP?

Maybe you only think 5 to 10 years into the future because other wise your policy won’t work in the long run

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Sure interest can reach GDP....if we increase the debt by 66 times what it is today. We ain’t remotely close to that in our lifetime. Or our kids or grandkids.

It ain’t my policy it’s the policy of the US since about 1960 or so....and it’s the policy of the GOP Base. It always has been we just don’t have to hear about alll of that austerity foolishness. Actions speak much louder than words. The GOP has oversaw the debt raise as has the Democrats. The base of the GOP is all in on collective spending increases, thank the Christ. Trump has finally stopped all of stupidity that the RINOs ran on......but never did....and is at least honest and has allowed the base of the GOP to be honest as well. Collective spending on the tick is the only painless path to prosperity...and when the bills come due you just renegotiate terms....it’s called bankruptcy....and within minutes lenders are lining up to loan you even more money. Donald Trump built a huge fortune using this formula....he didn’t invent it but was smart enough to recognize its merits. He had WAY more competition than the US has...it worked for Trump but it’ll work in spades for the US because we don’t have any competition for investment in the world....if our military doesn’t exist the world is a chaotic place ran by either China or Russia. Better us than them. If our military loses its stranglehold in the world there won’t be a safe place on the planet to invest....capital ain’t going to have that shite....they’ll renegotiate terms just like Trump did several times with his investors. Capital HAS to be invested because it’s the only way it can grow. It can either be invested in a viable US and world or China or Russia....where you gonna put your capital? EXACTLY.......in the US even after bankruptcy....cause ther ain’t another game in town.


This shite ain’t for the feint of heart....that’s why it’s so remarkable when someone like Trump does it. You can’t give a frick about reputation and fulfilling agreements....you gotta look out for you and yours. If it was for everyone everyone would do it.....but it works and there are many examples of it in the private sector. You just gotta stay the course.

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we say small government all we mean is a government that stays within its limits as outlined in the constitution.

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Who is "we"?

The "limits of the Constitution" allow for a huge government.

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Please point me to the clause in the constitution that says the government should provide healthcare, college education, guaranteed jobs, and minimum basic income.

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There is nothing in the Constitution prohibiting such foolish things and that has been verified by the Supreme Court.

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That’s what we are fighting against when we say we want a small government

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You should just start saying you want a humongous military regardless of the cost, you want huge intrusions on economic matters on behalf of privileged industries and you do not want welfare for anybody.

That would be a much more truthful statement than "we want small government"---that would be "fake posting".

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He hasn't worked in almost 30 years

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I haven't worked for somebody else in over 30 years punk.

I have owned my own business the last 30 years and have not worried about what some boss thought every day.

What do you do?

Well, at least this wasn't a tariff screaming thread.

You are correct.

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The "limits of the Constitution" allow for a huge government.

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What? The constitution specifically states the federal government should have a military. It may not say that you can’t have a welfare state, but a welfare state would go against other aspects of the constitution which says I have a right to private property. Massive wealth redistribution on the scale Bernie Sanders wants is essentially socialism. He doesn’t even deny that. Does socialism violate any of my rights in the constitution?

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You should just start saying you want a humongous military regardless of the cost, you want huge intrusions on economic matters

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There can always be a discussion about how much. The key is that the federal government is staying within its bounds.

In an ideal world we could have things like welfare temporarily for when people fall on hard times, but since you progressive clowns can’t decide on something reasonable without pulling us all into socialism (which I think is natural without restrictions on government) then we have to fall back on the constitution.

Your problem is you are so conceited that you think you can design a society better than the founding fathers. You don’t think the founding fathers knew the danger of the federal government becoming too powerful? That’s why they wrote the constitution that you are trying to ignore.

I guess to summarize my point...

Your basic claim is that Republicans are contradicting themselves. However, you can agree with defense spending, but disagree on welfare spending since the constitution states that one of the federal governments responsibilities is maintaining a military.

Now that doesn’t mean the government should have an unlimited budget, but there is no contradiction in the above statement.

Do you agree?

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Do you really need to be spending money on another branch of the military?

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Military spending is for the greater good. We could pay for it by cancelling all welfare programs.

Absolutely no taxpayer money should go to any individual. Except maybe FEMA money after a disaster. But all forms of EBT, housing, Obamaphone etc should be illegal.

Think of the roads, bridges and schools we could have if we just quit giving money to worthless lazy fricksticks?

Get a job and stay off my lawn.