I agree Paul is hypocritical in his defense and use of earnmarks. But it doesn’t change that he is right on the money in this posted article.
“I agree Paul is hypocritical in his defense and use of earnmarks. But it doesn’t change that he is right on the money in this posted article.”
Actually, Ron Paul could not be further from the truth. In fact, this ‘article’ is typical Ron Paul BS. The man he quotes William Perry is much more correct. We do need to maintain a capability to design and produce all sorts of military hardware. One does not shop at walmart for warships or tanks or planes.
The problem is not so much the hardware needed to manufacture these things, that can be mothballed, but the manpower. If one does not continue to design and develop and produce military hardware, one loses the knowledge, talent and skills necessary.
Of course, if you agree with Ron Paul that all we need to defend the country is a few submarines, then once you’ve built a few, you can fire the engineers and disband the airforce and army, right?