Proposed: the Federal Government should only fund the military

[Zincwarrior]

Proposed: the Federal Government should only fund the military. Nothing else. Thoughts?

 

[Votto]

Proposed: the Federal Government should only fund the military. Nothing else. Thoughts?

The US federal government gives money to every man, woman, child, and corporatoin on the face of the planet

Yea, they will get right on that.



Now is the topic what should be or what actually is?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Proposed: the Federal Government should only fund the military. Nothing else. Thoughts?

Why? Whoever came up with that idiotic idea obviously didn't!

 

[MarathonMike]

Proposed: the Federal Government should only fund the military. Nothing else. Thoughts?

Sure! Oh wait it's not 1800, it's 2025.

 

[Votto]

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every State, county and parish and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision of the poor; they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads; in short, every thing, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress. ... Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited Government established by the people of America." — James Madison, father of the Constitution

Progressives dismissed the Constitution long ago.

They don't care.

 

[dblack]

Proposed: the Federal Government should only fund the military. Nothing else. Thoughts?

In my view, the primary purpose of government - the reason we actually need it - is conflict resolution. We have government so we can live together without fighting all the time. Most of the other excuses for government are just politicians selling their "services".

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Proposed: the Federal Government should only fund the military. Nothing else. Thoughts?

That’s how to turn the US into a third-world military dictatorship.

 

[Zincwarrior]

The US federal government gives money to every man, woman, child, and corporatoin on the face of the planet

Yea, they will get right on that.



Now is the topic what should be or what actually is?

What should be my man. We never have a good faith discussion on what the Fed should actually fund.

 

[Zincwarrior]

In my view, the primary purpose of government - the reason we actually need it - is conflict resolution. We have government so we can live together without fighting all the time. Most of the other excuses for government are just politicians selling their "services".

So federal courts for issues between states or can you clarify. Again this about The Fed not state.

 

[dblack]

So federal courts for issues between states or can you clarify. Again this about The Fed not state.

Not sure what you're asking. Resolving conflicts between states would be an important function of the federal government.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Not sure what you're asking. Resolving conflicts between states would be an important function of the federal government.

Yes, agreed. I did know if you were referring to other issues.

 

[M14 Shooter]

In my view, the primary purpose of government - the reason we actually need it - is conflict resolution.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

This may include problem resolution, but goes further.

 

[M14 Shooter]

That’s how to turn the US into a third-world military dictatorship,

...whines the partisan bigot.

 

[dblack]

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

This may include problem resolution, but goes further.

Who says? How much further?

 

[M14 Shooter]

Who says?

The people who created our government.
Government exists to protect our rights; protection of our rights includes some problem resolution, and includes some things beyond problem resolution.

 

[dblack]

The people who created our government.

The quote you offered certainly didn't say that.

Government exists to protect our rights; protection of our rights includes some problem resolution,

Protecting our rights IS conflict resolution. That's the only time our rights are at risk.

In any case, I made a statement about what I consider the primary purpose of government. I wasn't quoting the Constitution.

 

[daveman]

That’s how to turn the US into a third-world military dictatorship.

You'd have to get a job.

 

[daveman]

The Constitution clearly outlines the duties and responsibilities of the Federal government.

It'd be awesome if it were pared down to that role.

 

[M14 Shooter]

The quote you offered certainly didn't say that.

The quote I offered is the Declaration of Independence. I figured you'd pick up on that.

 

[dblack]

The Constitution clearly outlines the duties and responsibilities of the Federal government.

It'd be awesome if it were pared down to that role.

It would be. But the Court has interpreted it in such a way that any meaningful limits on federal power are null and void. (see: "Welfare clause")