re: Rise of the Militant Gun Takers...

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What does the Constitution say about supporting welfare queens and illegal immigrants?

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“The Congress shall have Power To ...raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years,”

The founders clearly opposed a professional standing army

"In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people" James Madison

"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied: and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war, and in the degeneracy of manners and of morals, engendered by both. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." James Madison

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So you’re cool taking in a refugee? Awesome! Glad you’re willing to share your home

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Just paying my taxes

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I’ll cut 2 dollars from the military for every 1 dollar cut from welfare/Medicare/medicaid

You cool with that?

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Lets just cut 10% across the board. 1% per year for a decade.

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So why aren’t you willing to let one bunk on your couch for a few weeks til they get their own place?

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Because I don't want the hassle. It's a pathetic gotcha attempt

Remember when Trump wanted to seize guns with no due process?

I member.

The Hill

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Because I don't want the hassle

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So why do you want someone else to deal with the hassle?

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It's a pathetic gotcha attempt

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Not at all. You want SOMEONE to house and feed these people, just not you.

You’re the child who wants to take home a puppy and then force everyone else to take care of it because you have hot wheels to play with.

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As a matter of fact, common defense would be a mandate to keep those not legally allowed to be in our country from entering. General welfare would be support for those things that are good for America, and Americans.

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Well there are plenty of benefits to illegal immigration which is why it has never been really addressed.

And I think most americans would agree that a safety net is good for America and for Americans

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So why do you want someone else to deal with the hassle?

Not at all. You want SOMEONE to house and feed these people, just not you.

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You act like letting asylum seekers into the country requires letting strangers into your personal residence. It's a pathetic argument

I think we should temporarily provide the basic necessities for those granted asylum. That's all

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You act like letting asylum seekers into the country requires letting strangers into your personal residence. It's a pathetic argument

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They aren’t asylum seekers. If they were, they would have requested asylum at the First Nations border they came across.

And they have to go somewhere. Where are they going to live? Places owned by citizens. Other citizens. Not you.

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I think we should temporarily provide the basic necessities for those granted asylum. That's all

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And I think they don’t deserve jack shite.

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Well there are plenty of benefits to illegal immigration which is why it has never been really addressed.

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There would be plenty of benefits to bank robbery as well, if it weren't for that pesky thing called the law. That's what the Constitution is, and why those who ignore and usurp it should be charged or expelled from the legislature. Every one of them take an oath to preserve and defend the Constitution (the law) and precious few of them actually take that oath seriously.

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And I think most Americans would agree that a safety net is good for America and for Americans

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A safety net is one thing, generational welfare for able bodied citizens who have no intention of becoming gainfully employed, or even simply supporting themselves and those they are responsible for, is a completely different animal.