Dr.Traveler
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I'll take some of that action.I'm for across the board cuts/freezes, with defense ON the table.
How many conservatives are with me? Or, how many conservatives here want to cut elsewhere while INCREASING military spending?
Which conservative are you?
In fact, we can close every base we have overseas and save money. Our Navy and Air Forces are more then up to the job of moving troops to hot spots anywhere in the world if need be. And if a region goes hot, a government can turn over an airstrip to us or face being destroyed by the hostiles we are there to stop.
Bring all of our people home.
Keep Defense spending at current levels for the next 10 years.
Pare down the Federal government to infrastructure and national parks (interstate highway systems) under the Department of the Interior.
Pare down the Department of State to embassies.
Charge the United Nations our yearly payments to them as a yearly rent with the stipulation that the United Nation becomes the United Free Nations and all countries that do not have governments elected by the people are to be removed.
Rescind all unfunded mandates to the States. Allow the States to govern themselves as they were intended. If they wish to keep an entitlement, they have the power and right to do so AND fund it with monies from the citizens of that state alone.
A good start.
I'm in favor of keeping naval bases overseas, as the Navy has two jobs in peace time: Protect the US Mainland and protect shipping flying USA colors.
A lot of the other stuff I'm in favor of. All told, I'm in favor of flat out withdrawing from the UN and starting from scratch. The General Assembly is a joke and the Security Council's rules are rigged to make it ineffective. Outside of WHO, UNICEF, I've yet to see much come out of the UN that can't be handled by regional alliance and diplomacy.
The rest is details. I think that at the very least food, water, and drug regulatory capabilities should continue at the State level, and the entitlements as the states see fit.