‘The U.S. government has no more important duty than defending the nation. However, providing for the “common defense,” as the Constitution puts it, is remarkably easy. America has vast oceans east and west and peaceful neighbors to the north and south.’
Even if America once felt wealthy enough to squander its financial resources in such pursuits, those days have ended. Washington is effectively bankrupt, with massive unfunded liabilities. Its fiscal future will only worsen as Baby Boomers continue to retire.
The annual budget battle is at its peak and Washington continues to flaunt its remarkable dysfunction. This fiscal irresponsibility affects more than domestic programs. In the coming years, it is likely to drive U.S. foreign and military policy.
Terrorists abound but mostly result from maladroit U.S. policies that create enemies and make other people?s conflicts America?s own.
The U.S. government has no more important duty than defending the nation. However, providing for the ?common defense,? as the Constitution puts it, is remarkably easy. America has vast oceans east and west and peaceful neighbors to the north and south.
Today only Russia, with an arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles, could launch a serious…
View original post 45 more words
The Most Revolutionary Act 
Murica on verge of collapse. Thirty to fourty million homeless. All food stamps to end in a month. A million or more people out of paychecks after Christmas. Fuko the clown promising to withdraw most troops from Syria, now backtracking. Murica the shithole
LikeLike