“Strangely he remains mute in the public arena on Welfare spending that is at least five times as large.”
No, not really mute on welfare.
“The US Department of Health and Human Services should be abolished, leaving decision making on welfare and related matters at the state, local or personal level. All Americans have the right to keep the fruits of their labor to support themselves, their families and whatever charities they so choose, without interference from the federal government.”
CJ Wolf, I have seen Ron address the military many times. I have not seen him focus on Welfare with anything approaching the same vigor. That’s what I was trying to express with my comments focused on “public”.
We spend roughly $500 billion on Welfare each year, and I’m not totally convinced there aren’t other ways of giving money and favors to some of our citizens.
Why does Ron go ape over the cost of the War on Terrorism, and remain fare more muted with something that equals near five times as much spending.
The comment associated with military spending generally accompanies a comment that we can’t afford to do this, or we’ll go broke if we continue this. Wouldn’t you think our welfare spending would cause five times more concern? It doesn’t. Why?