True,that must be why everyone is riding horses and wearing coonskin caps today, huh?
@sneakypete Makes no difference.
Economics don't change.
Moral truths don't change.
The principles of good governance don't change...
It is pure hubris to claim that it is any different now.
Yeah,to hell with progress,huh? After all,how needs to move faster than a horse or cattle pulling a wagon,right?
What the hell does progress have to do with anything?
Yeah,you are obviously right. After all the US population is only 332,403,650 now,so a government the size of the one Thomas Jefferson lead would be perfect,right?
Hell YES I am right. How long do you think it is feasible for our federal government to cost as much or more than we make? The GNP (that's Gross National Product) - That's gross, not net now - is what, maybe 7T a year on a good year. Tumpy's government cost us 5T on average per year. That leaves 2T for everyone other than government. And you are DEFENDING THAT? Because PROGRESS?
Bullshit. That is entirely unsustainable. That is a government so bent upon it's own power that it can't help but take our rights... And think it is right to do it.
And that's your boy, standing right in the middle of it.
HELL NO.
TWENTY FRIGGIN TRILLION DOLLARS.
Next.
See the population number above. It is reality.
See the cost above. THAT is reality. THIRTY TRILLION in the hole, around a quarter of it by your boy in four short years... and government costing more than we make.
There is no defense. There is no way to afford it. It is certain doom. And you want more.