02-07-2018, 02:33 PM
(02-07-2018, 12:05 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: What programs do you think I want funded?
Shutting the gov down means shutting down the part that isn’t necessary. We need national defense.
And therein lies the problem. Necessary is relative. And we're at the size now where a lot of people have a lot of different opinions.
Even on specific issues there's a lot of debate on what's necessary. Take defense. One person may think a defense means being able to repel and attack, being able to protect US citizens; another person may think that means strategically maintaining hundreds of bases and thousands of jobs at the cost of billions to taxpayers to benefit private US companies, or providing billions in aid to allies that would cease being allies if we ceased paying them.
Eventually, we've got to get back to common sense.
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