05-16-2015, 03:26 PM
(05-16-2015, 12:46 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Yeah that's why I said it matters how you view foreign policy. If it's not a big deal to be at war... then yeah there are lots of choices. But you can't have sound fiscal reform while we are spending out of control while at war. And if you like domestic spending you can't spend domestically like you believe we should of we are at war.
How we conduct ourselves overseas is a lynchpin issue when it comes to the others.
You are right. What we are able to do at home, and indeed just trying to be fiscally responsible in general, is completely dependent on how hawkish the administration is. But the issue is that even if I agree with the more dove mentality doesn't mean I will agree with what they would do domestically or how they would balance the budget.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
