is free health care a bad thing?
Want to know what that is called? Socialism. The government was never suppose to forget with peoples healthcare or provide it for others. Capitalism was founded off the basis of keeping the market free and minimal government in peoples lives. The government is there to protect the rights of the people (so if any country wants to take that away good luck) and the people itself.
I disagree. America has the strong NATO dome. If we were to be pushed around, NATO members must respond. The reason why our allies are wary of us is because of our thirst for dominance, which drives them into further combat. If we were to pump funds into more civilian programs such as infrastructure and student aide and grants, it would stimulate the economy and ease our allies, not to mention that strong economy would in turn make our trade partners stronger and boost the value of the dollar—something, mind you, that would affect our influence on our rivals. To say that America has no responsibility to look after its own economy by neglecting student aide is foolish. Economics and diplomacy can sometimes be the greater power. And maybe then could we have diplomatic, economic AND military power to boast since we can now afford it.
Furthermore what's even up with this "America must protect its citizen's rights" bullstuff? This is by far the most clichéd thing ever said by anyone I've seen defending the American Armed Forces. Yes, we have all the reason to praise our soldiers for "defending" our country and "our rights", but since when has the armed forces defined when we have rights or not? When was the last time that the majority of registered voters knew stuff about America before they voted? The civilians ultimately choose who has the rights and who doesn't. This is done in lawmaking–but uh oh–voter turnout has shown that the majority of American registered voters are not convinced enough to trust their government with the ability to choose their rights the way they want it.
IMO, the best thing we can do now is pull an Iceland on all our media sources.
Our allies are uneasy because we are dominate? You couldn't be more wrong, how allies are uneasy because they no longer know if the United States can protect them because we are neglecting our military with budget cuts and still operating warheads that are 20+ years old.
I did not say the armed forces directly effect that, I said that the governments job is not free healthcare and welfare. It's purpose is to protect the constitution and the people.
