And unlike national defense, where are these items in the US Constitution? Don't get me wrong; I'm not for foreign intervention for the sake of intervention, but the Feds should not be spending money on any of those things you mention, either at home or abroad.
Oh, I get that. But if we have enough money to go playing around with regime change and alliances, then we have enough to do all that for our legitimate citizens.
If we can’t take care of our own (regardless of it being in the Constitution or not) we don’t have enough money to take care of who rules or fights in any other country.
*Obviously* if we had a strictly limited Constitutional Republic we’d be much better of in terms of taking care of everyone here than any socialist scheme could ever provide; my point is we don’t have enough money for our own, and here we are paying for AIDS education in Africa
National defense is in the constitution. Foreign adventures for fun and profit are not. Neither is the idea that we must administer the entire earth by force. We are at a point where a small peninsula in the Black Sea area is deemed worthy of our full attention. Who rules obscure corners of Africa, the Government of Afghanistan, sand spits in the South China sea. We even claim jurisdiction on the moon and Mars.
Defense is in the Constitution. We are not engaged in “defense”. It is just as illegitimate as welfare.
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,”
That does not mean send people a check to buy a house. But it does mean not taxing the living hell out of them to give billions to Ukraine, Africa, Syrian rebels, etc.
Our government should be running in a way that maximizes the ability of people to achieve success. Not constantly lining them up for a financial azz raping on behalf of the globalists.
So he is correct, “Not one damned PENNY spent beyond our borders until EVERY citizen has a home, and education and healthcare”. Doesn’t mean giving it away for free, but it means THAT our citizens interests should always come first.
We have spent 2.4 trillion on Afghanistan and Iraq with no end in sight.
Had that money not been stolen from the US taxpayer in debt, taxes, and devaluing the dollar, that money would have been available for those citizens to BUY houses, educations, and healthcare.