The House of Representatives passed a $598.3 billion defense spending bill Wednesday (ethic, legal)
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While it might be CONSTITUTIONAL, is isn't ethical to ignore your own population and crumbling infrastructure to keep a war machine going and then complain about future budget problems and raising debt ceilings.
America and citizens would benefit greatly if money were spent here at home before spending it somewhere else, on machines to kill people with. And then abandon and destroy the war machines later.
I am for keeping the retirement/health insurance promises to ALL veterans (FWIW- I am one 'NAM 66-67). However we have to stop borrowing money to sustain an unsustainable Empire that protects more foreign investors and companies than just American. Unless we can charge the international investment class for protecting their, but not our, interests we will go broke.
If we do cut our spending for our empire by withdrawing our forces as well as stopping boondoggles like the F-35 project and building more aircraft carriers then we have admirals what do we do after the contractors shut down. If we stopped building ships in Louisiana or airplanes in California the unemployment would skyrocket and the local cities forced to bankrupt. I know cutting our military spending to just the amount needed for defending our own country would be a shock to the economy but it might also allow those companies and workers to build other products without being on the government dole.
I am for keeping the retirement/health insurance promises to ALL veterans (FWIW- I am one 'NAM 66-67). However we have to stop borrowing money to sustain an unsustainable Empire that protects more foreign investors and companies than just American. Unless we can charge the international investment class for protecting their, but not our, interests we will go broke.
If we do cut our spending for our empire by withdrawing our forces as well as stopping boondoggles like the F-35 project and building more aircraft carriers then we have admirals what do we do after the contractors shut down. If we stopped building ships in Louisiana or airplanes in California the unemployment would skyrocket and the local cities forced to bankrupt. I know cutting our military spending to just the amount needed for defending our own country would be a shock to the economy but it might also allow those companies and workers to build other products without being on the government dole.
Retrain those people to do other jobs, possibly repairing infrastructure, and for the tekkies, give 'em jobs in planning departments drafting higher tech roads, bridges, electric grid and other projects.
The republican controlled House passed this massive spending bill, but want to cut programs for it's citizens, and there's an impending budget battle looming too, to raise the debt ceiling.
How can anyone in good conscience do this and turn their backs of people in need, namely, the American people?
Article 1, Section 8 calls for a standing military. "To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;"
Please show me where it says the federal government has the power to spend on social programs.
The first sentence in the same section you quoted.
"Section. 8.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"
Since the 1930s, the courts have held that the general welfare clause is the legitimate basis for broad spending authority.
The republican controlled House passed this massive spending bill, but want to cut programs for it's citizens, and there's an impending budget battle looming too, to raise the debt ceiling.
How can anyone in good conscience do this and turn their backs of people in need, namely, the American people?
Retrain those people to do other jobs, possibly repairing infrastructure, and for the tekkies, give 'em jobs in planning departments drafting higher tech roads, bridges, electric grid and other projects.
The republican controlled House passed this massive spending bill, but want to cut programs for it's citizens, and there's an impending budget battle looming too, to raise the debt ceiling.
How can anyone in good conscience do this and turn their backs of people in need, namely, the American people?
Some people are NEVER satisfied. They whine and cry claiming the repubs NEVER cut DOD spending.
Then when they do, they still whine.
Just to remind you the DoD is in the Constitution.
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