Maby we don't need it here.
2006-09-05 16:07:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Charity starts at home.
We do need it here... we have elderly doing without food so they can buy medicine, homeless ppl, ppl unable to save for retirement, 40% without healthcare, etc....
2006-09-05 16:10:29 · answer #1 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Read the US Constitution. One of the very few things actually required of the federal government is in the preamble "to provide for the common defense" and again reiterated in Article II Section2 declaring the power of the President holding that of Commander in Chief as the primary enforcement agent of the government, with the exception that any treaties he enters into must be ratified by the Senate.
To accomplish both of these requirements it is better to keep the bad guys and warfare on the other guys property and not in our cities and country. The Civil War was the last battle (not counting 9/11) and one day during the 3 day battle of Gettysburg we lost 50,000 Americas...because every one won died was still an American citizen.
Its a great document and not just legally speaking.
Oh, one of the other things delegated directly to the federal government is the printing of currency.
2006-09-05 23:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the way things are right now I don't think you can really bring all our troops home, and stop spending money abroad. When we did ignore the world two things happened World War I and World War II, When we played world police ther was Vietnam, Korea, and a number of smaller brutal conflicts. We really need to find a middle ground that gets us out of the roll of world police, but keeps us abrest and able to act on global incidents.
2006-09-05 23:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by stezus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America first.
Protecting the world from what, deer hart? From our own failed foreign policy, or from an epidemic like AIDS?
In some cases you can'y separate the two. A good example would be establishing a tsunami warning system in the Pacific Rim.
2006-09-05 23:21:48 · answer #4 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America first!
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2006-09-05 23:16:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously the powers at be don't care about spending the money here and helping the economy... They seem like teenagers running up a credit card they signed up for in exchange for the free T-Shirt... My tax money is not Monopoly money, stop squandering it on useless wars! Damn it!
2006-09-06 19:17:48 · answer #6 · answered by Smarty Vero 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America First...
2006-09-05 23:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by shut up dummy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it is in the interest of protecting ourselves, then yes we need to protect other countries. World Wars One and Two are good examples of why.
2006-09-05 23:20:14 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Help the world and the world will help us.
No actually I think we should be thinking about America first. How can we help others if we are having trouble ourselves?
2006-09-05 23:12:05 · answer #9 · answered by Luekas 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can assure you we would not be involved with other countries if it were not in our interest. The CIA does not get bored and decide to go screw with other countries. Any money we spend or any involvement of our government over seas is necessary for the survival of our nation and our way of life.
2006-09-05 23:14:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋