I never argue on these Paul threads, but this piqued my interest. How would being "so rich and so powerful" have curtailed al qaeda activity? Just curious.
Well, think of an America with an economy double it’s current size. Median household income at what 80,000? Lower taxes would still generate huge amounts of revenue to spend on the limited areas the Federal government is actually responsible for (defense primary among them). Technology would be much more advanced becuase spending on technology by corporations would be much greater. More money on air flights means more profits means more money for security devices in commercial aircraft . . . al queda never even gets in the cockpit. That sort of thinking. And if they mess with us, we are so rich and so strong we roll over them and make them flatter than a bug . . . even quicker and more powerfully than we do now.