Re: How to Save the United States of America

On Feb 6, 12:51 am, James Schrumpf
<jaspammenotschru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Quiet, Bernard M. Wrangle <ber...@xxxxxxxx> -- I'm transmitting rage.



James Schrumpf <jaspammenotschru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Quiet, Bernard M. Wrangle <ber...@xxxxxxxx> -- I'm transmitting rage.

James Schrumpf <jaspammenotschru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Just asking to be sure... if we stop spending money on the "illegal
war", but spend even more on entitlement, is that a good thing or a
bad thing?

IOW, is it spending the money you object to, or what it's spent on?

Some of both. I don't have a big problem with entitlement spending
because that recirculates back into the economy and makes everyone
wealthier in the long run. Defense spending, especially Iraq war
spending, seems to aggregate into a few large pockets, where it
stays, gets converted into Euros, invested in China, etc. It
certainly doesn't recirculate through our economy in any way which
one might describe as efficient.

I do not share the conservative aversion to big government, as
long as it isn't intrusive in people's private lives. I do think
that it should spend only slightly more than it takes in in
taxes, though. (Mild deficit spending is good for the economy.)

So you see entitlement spending as spreading around the wealth, but
defense contracts that hire thousands of US workers is NOT spreading
around the wealth?

It's not as efficient, because besides paying the workers who
design and build the systems we buy, we also pay the shareholders
handsomely, especially in the sweetheart no-bid deals so popular
over the last seven years. Your point is well taken, though.

I see it this way: supporting a military is a primary government
function, and the money used that gets spread around is a good thing.

Is there a point where supporting a military becomes excessive?
If so, where is that point?

Military spending right now is about 24% of the federal budget.
Entitlements are around 45%. Which support is "excessive"?



Entitlement are more certainly NOT a primary government function, and
taking money out of my pocket just to redistribute the wealth is NOT a
good thing.

If it makes you wealthier in the long run, why not?

BMW

The government taking my money to give to others does not make me wealthier
in the long run. It's also un-American.

I thought you were a government contractor.
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