[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Reign in the spending to only what is constitutionally authorized, and the income tax could be slashed dramatically or eliminated altogether."

I live in Littoralville and in Littoralville you are not going to get rid of all the welfare programs in the next 4 years. Even if it were possible, you would still need more taxes than what comes in from tarrifs to fund the government. This is more 19th century thinking. In 1900 we didn't have the Armed Forces of today. Are you saying we should just do away with the Navy? We no longer have the option of riding on the British Empires coatails to ensure free and open waterways.

[Tatze]

Wow, you certainly read a lot into my statement that was not there.

Is a military a constitutionally authorized expense? Yes, so we should not get rid of the Navy, nor did I say we should.