Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The power that the Central govt. has in the world came from the productivity and creativity of the individuals in the states not the bureaucrats in D.C. There is a place for the Central Govt. and our Constitution provides the direction, "Promote the Common Defense" which is an interesting concept in the liberal world where it is more the "Rodney King" philosophy of "Can't we all just get along". There is strength in a strong economy and that is created at the state level, not the Federal Level. The Federal Govt. doesn't create anything other than debt. Seems we had a lot of power in the world without a 3.6 trillion dollar Central Govt. As was pointed out, we had a 250 billion dollar budget in 1965 with 175 million people, today that is 3.6 trillion for 310 million people, population doesn't double but the budget goes up 15 times. Make sense to you?
As usual, you miss the big picture. The Central Government creates a strong economy; the state and local goverenments impliment it. One cannot operate without the other, but it starts from the top and flows down. Your conservative philosophy seems to forget this.
The facts seem to support my contention that the Great Society has caused most of the debt, and it wasn't the Great Society that attracted millions to this country, it was the opportunity that this country offered. The Great Society was created by LBJ in the 60's.
Yes, and opportunities are created by many things, no only money. Again, your conservatism is completely short-sighted. The US has always been a haven for immigrants, and the opportunity, freedom, and type of society that we have all contributes. The Great Society is part of that.
That is your opinion, mine is that dictators of the world that control the media thus the message only understand one thing, strength and that is what our military shows. The problem is too many won't let our military win wars because of political correctness. we cannot hurt civilians!
I'm not sure if this is short-sightedness or deliberate omission. There are plenty of countries, some our allies, who think less of us because of our military operations. I'm not saying that's OK, but I am saying it exists and not just with dictators.
Always looked at issues like a balance sheet, put the assets on one side and the liabilities on the other. As long as the assets are larger than the liabilities that is a good thing. Today the liabilities are outweighing the assets and we are losing our power in the world and our economy is suffering under the weight your vision of a large central govt. has created.
Nah, based on your posts, anything that adheres itself to conservatism, you place as an asset, and anything liberal, you place as a liability, regardless of the reality of the value of the issue.
By the way good job playing someone on the liberal side of the equation but like many liberals your argument is full of holes which I know someone of your intelligence understands.
Thank YOU for playing the conservative hack side of the argument to the letter. And as usual, it is short-sighted, close-minded, and has enough holes that a truck could be driven through it.