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wendybeth · 06-05-2009, 09:40 AM

Good post, JW. I might add: Why is it the responsibility of the government to go to war? If we are attacked, shouldn't it just be every man and woman for themselves? Why should the government get involved?

Like it or not, any assault on a country's populace, whether that be in the form of war, epidemic, famine, etc- anything that can harm the society as a whole- is the government's business. That's why we have a government, if you follow the Social Contract model, anyway. You choose to live within a society for the benefits it affords you, and there is, was and always has been a cost to the individual. I don't know when in history any government that you (Scaeagles) would approve of wholeheartedly ever existed.

scaeagles · 06-05-2009, 09:58 AM

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Good post, JW. I might add: Why is it the responsibility of the government to go to war? If we are attacked, shouldn't it just be every man and woman for themselves? Why should the government get involved?
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I don't know when in history any government that you (Scaeagles) would approve of wholeheartedly ever existed.

Well, simplistically, the Constitution does call for the federal government to provide for the common defense.

Is there a government at any time in history that YOU (WB) would approve of wholeheartedly? As Winston Churchill once said, democracy is the worst form of government - except for all the others. Don't get all high and mighty and suggest you don't disagree with things the government has done and will do. I didn't even say I disagreed with what the program does, though will admit my post asking why it was the responsibility of government was provocative, and intentionally so. As CP posted, EVERY program that will get cut will have champions and those who believe it is vital and stupid to cut it. So where do cuts come from?

second class citizen · 06-05-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

I don't know when in history any government that you (Scaeagles) would approve of wholeheartedly ever existed.

Yes it does! Somalia!

scaeagles · 06-05-2009, 10:42 AM

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Yes it does! Somalia!

???? You know nothing of me.

second class citizen · 06-05-2009, 11:38 AM

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???? You know nothing of me.

Yes and you know nothing of me either.

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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Good post, JW. I might add: Why is it the responsibility of the government to go to war? If we are attacked, shouldn't it just be every man and woman for themselves? Why should the government get involved? Like it or not, any assault on a country's populace, whether that be in the form of war, epidemic, famine, etc- anything that can harm the society as a whole- is the government's business. That's why we have a government, if you follow the Social Contract model, anyway. You choose to live within a society for the benefits it affords you, and there is, was and always has been a cost to the individual. I don't know when in history any government that you (Scaeagles) would approve of wholeheartedly ever existed. __________________ Last edited by wendybeth : 06-05-2009 at 10:28 PM.
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