P@triot
Diamond Member
The left loves to crow that their socialist utopia is justified because the U.S. is "the wealthiest nation in the world". Well then why are we $20 trillion in debt? And why did the U.S. government borrow $0.17 of every dollar in 2017? Wealthy people are not in debt and they don't borrow.
Now, of course, the left will scream "but...but...but....defense!". But like all of their emotional, irrational arguments, that fails as bad as their policies. For starters, defense is the constitutional responsibility of the federal government. Social programs are 100% unconstitutional (thus illegal). Second, we spend a paltry $500 billion per year on defense. Which means if we completely eliminated defense, we would still be running a deficit. But, we spend over $1 trillion per year on the illegal/unconstitutional social programs. Which means if we were to eliminate them, we would be running a surplus.
5 Ways Congress Fell Short in Spending Your Money in 2017
Now, of course, the left will scream "but...but...but....defense!". But like all of their emotional, irrational arguments, that fails as bad as their policies. For starters, defense is the constitutional responsibility of the federal government. Social programs are 100% unconstitutional (thus illegal). Second, we spend a paltry $500 billion per year on defense. Which means if we completely eliminated defense, we would still be running a deficit. But, we spend over $1 trillion per year on the illegal/unconstitutional social programs. Which means if we were to eliminate them, we would be running a surplus.
5 Ways Congress Fell Short in Spending Your Money in 2017