Comments on: I Don’t Hear The Fat Lady http://eliainsider.com/2009/11/11/i-dont-hear-the-fat-lady/ On Mobile, Tech and Running Infinity Softworks Sat, 19 May 2012 16:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Economics of Fear « Elia Insider http://eliainsider.com/2009/11/11/i-dont-hear-the-fat-lady/#comment-1062 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:53:54 +0000 http://eliainsider.com/?p=395#comment-1062 [...] drunken sailors on shore leave for the past 25 years and it is time to pay the piper. I think it is time for a national discussion about what we should and can expect from our [...]

]]> By: Tom http://eliainsider.com/2009/11/11/i-dont-hear-the-fat-lady/#comment-929 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:54:29 +0000 http://eliainsider.com/?p=395#comment-929 Elia,
While I disagree with several of your issues we agree upon a lot. I always enjoy your posts and insights. I disagree that Reagan’s trickle down did not work. Clearly most of the economic expansion we have seen can be tied back to policies Reagan started and the Republican congress expanded in spite of President Clinton (not because of) much of it tied to limiting government.

You have hit on one of my “hot button” issues. Most of my friends consider me a bit more “conservative” than Rush Limbaugh but the American Military and military spending has gotten out of control. I hold the Constitution to be an amazing document created by an remarkable group of thinkers. In most cases conservatives are all for limiting government with the exception of on area – the military. What makes us think we are the worlds police force? The Founding Fathers feared the military as much as limitations on free speech, taxation without representation, and foreign foes. I LOVE the American Military. I am a veteran (US Army Infantry). But we must remember the Military is a GOVERNMENT entitiy. These are Government employees. Why do we have 40,000 troops in Korea? More than 20,000 in Japan? 10,000 in the Balkins? Over 100,000 in Germany? Why are we closing bases in the US and paying foreign goverments to house our troops at extravigant rates? Because the State Department (not defense deparment) says we need to. We need to wake up. It is a tragedy to cut services to our own citizens and burden future generations with debt to protect a world that hates us and does not want, and in my opinion DESERVE our protection. Bring our military home. Protect our borders and have the more than 200,000 soldiers spend their money in our county, buy our goods, and buy homes here. God Bless the USA!!!!

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