“Why is it that the ONLY government department who’s funding is mandated by the Constitution...”
Duh, because it’s the one that makes Pubs look like hypocrites.
By the way, defense isn’t “mandated.” Empowered is more like it. The Constitution exists in part to provide for a common defense, according to itself. But we don’t need to use it. It’s just there if we need it. There was no standing army in the early years of the Republic.
Certainly what we have now is not necessary for defense. I don’t know what you call it, but Constitutional defense ain’t it. World police is closest, I guess.
“Certainly what we have now is not necessary for defense.”
You sound like one of those ron paul isolationist types.
Isolationism is not a sound policy, nor is having a smaller military.