[hchutch]

Maintaining an army and navy (and taking into account technological growth, an air force) is required under the Constitution.

Guaranteeing jobs for people is not required under the Constitution.

[RockyMtnMan]

No but making America an atractive place for investment had better be high on the goal list. Without capital investment domestically we can't field a high tech military.

[Willie Green]

Guaranteeing jobs for people is not required under the Constitution.

Neither is abusive misuse of Government powers to oppressively undermine the economic efforts and prosperity of America's Middle Class while plundering the public Treasury. Yet that doesn't seem to concern the ambitiously tryrannical public servants in Washington D.C. who are doing just that.

America has a rich political heritage which includes such quaint customs as tar and feathering the political scalawags who offend their sense of common decency. It kind of gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling just thinking about it, doesn't it?