WinterBorn
Diamond Member
the defense of the country is actually in the Constitution not the welfare programs.Yeah, and taxing the EVUUUUULLLLLLLL rich at 150% tax rates, that'll learn em. How about making massive cuts in welfare programs that eat up 65% of the budget instead?How? By completely gutting the military?We need a return to toll roads. Privatize everything. We are much better off that way.That's exclusively on a state and local level, dumbass!Our infrastructure is crumbling. Highways, interstates, bridges and more need attention. Yeah, stopping that was so helpful
There are state highways and US highways. Funding for US highways comes, at least in part, from the federal gov't. Dumbass.
Interstates are federal. The funding for them is, at least in part, from the federal gov't.
Bridges repairs are also partly funded by the federal gov't.
All of the above get funding from the federal government.
from: Thousands of US bridges are 'structurally deficient' as pace of repair slows to lowest point in five years, industry group says
"Federal money for road and bridge projects comes from the Highway Trust Fund, which receives money from a federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents per gallon of diesel fuel."
Do a little research before calling someone else a dumbass while proving yourself to be an idiot.
No, we do not. Interstate highways and US highways are a vital part of our economy. We need to stop letting politicians pick what the money is spent on based on whether they get instant credit for it.
There are plenty of great ways to cut federal spending. Roads and bridges have been put on the backburner long enough.
First, by cutting the amount of money we send to other countries. Mainly those which can fund their own lives.
And then by cutting the defense budget by 1/3. We would still be spending more than any other country in the world, but could take care of things at home as well.
Did I say anything about taxing the rich?
It would be a better conversation if you didn't just make up shit you want me to say.
Defense spending is the biggest expenditure of the budget. And it is overspending in the extreme.
I have no desire to remove the ability of this nation to defend itself. I only want it to be done without spending more than the next 26 countries spend on defense.
I think we could defend the US quite well on less money.