Military spending can be cut considerably with no risk to our superpower status.
For instance, reducing the number of Aircraft Carriers from 11 to 8 would still leave us with 4 times any other country (and this is not even considering the fact that our are bigger).
How many times over do we need to be able to destroy any other country to maintain military superpower status?
Lets assume, Legion, it is a game of wack-a-mole; so what? What does that suggest? The government is be smaller, taxing less, and cease stupid, dangerous initiatives like stimuli, “green sh*t”–I want a government that wacks least.
DH,
It’s worth reading,
Even with the single spacing.
It answers your question on why Defense spending
is important.
At least from the perspective of maintaining
the current standard of living.
We can get into alternative societal structures
and utopian ideals but I think that conversation would
only end up like the conversations on proving the existence or non-existence of God.
I’m only giving you the answer with the set of variables specific to our current day, age and situation as a country.
BHS, that’s a very simplistic way to look at the military.
Power projection requires equipment.
Less equipment means less effective power projection.
I am 1000% right
I am 100% right.
Military spending can be cut considerably with no risk to our superpower status.
For instance, reducing the number of Aircraft Carriers from 11 to 8 would still leave us with 4 times any other country (and this is not even considering the fact that our are bigger).
How many times over do we need to be able to destroy any other country to maintain military superpower status?
Why must these political debates be acrimonious? It’s not like either side is 100% right and the other 100% wrong. Sheesh. A pox on both your houses.
Lets assume, Legion, it is a game of wack-a-mole; so what? What does that suggest? The government is be smaller, taxing less, and cease stupid, dangerous initiatives like stimuli, “green sh*t”–I want a government that wacks least.
DH,
It’s worth reading,
Even with the single spacing.
It answers your question on why Defense spending
is important.
At least from the perspective of maintaining
the current standard of living.
We can get into alternative societal structures
and utopian ideals but I think that conversation would
only end up like the conversations on proving the existence or non-existence of God.
I’m only giving you the answer with the set of variables specific to our current day, age and situation as a country.
“Raise, or promise to raise already high taxes, and economic activity slows to a grind.”
Please back this up with historic evidence.
From 1940 to 1963, the top marginal rate was never below 80%.
Rates went up 5.5% in 1951, right before a period of economic expansion.
Top marginal rates went up 8% in 93, right before the longest period of economic expansion the country has seen.
“only lefties who are pathologically incapable of understanding economics and/or having a notion of history could be surprised at this point.”
So says the pathologically incapable of reason b.c.
Wait up, DH. I say we mosey on over o the BOTD 🙂
And CGar- loving you more and more. Forget the latest house- you don’t have to bribe me 😉