[xzins]

Again, let me point out that Goode is talking about the fastest way to come to a balanced budget, and that he thinks the end of a war should mean lesser funding necessary for the US military. I see no problem with that.

When you speak of “unconstitutional spending” and you question social security’s constitutionality, and you question Goode’s resolve to preserve social security, you raise an interesting question for me.

Do you plan to end social security? A yes or no answer would be appreciated.

[EternalVigilance]

Yes. And every other unconstitutional program and agency.

It’s what the oath requires, isn’t it?

[Yashcheritsiy]

First of all, spending on the military is the single largest chunk of the federal budget, so anyone who can't agree to it facing its share of cutback simply isn't serious about reining in spending or cutting deficits. Period.

I looked up Goode's personal election website, and checked out his statement about Social Security, which seems to be along the lines of "we've stolen $2 trillion from it, we need to pay it back to fulfill our obligations." As much as we may not like this obligation, it's nevertheless one we've made. Simply wanting to cut and run from that shows a lack of charactre on the part of the one wanting to do that. Pay off our obligations, while at the same time phasing the program out of existence completely.

Not sure where the "Social Security is sacrosanct" claim being attributed to Goode comes from. Did he actually say this, or is this more of the "Tom Hoefling super secret interpretation sauce" being applied?

As an aside, I would point out that because the Constitution never explicitly mentions any Air Force, and because the Founders did not mention it either, therefore we should cut the Air Force out completely.