You'd still have unfunded liabilities. A good number of my ancestors received Revolutionary War pensions. Happened many years after the war, but it happened. Their write-ups regarding their service are amazing. Manuel McConnell pretty much DID the outline for "The Patriot" with a couple of other guys.
The Second Continental Congress created an unfunded liability but they didn't care!
135 posted on 09/25/2011 4:59:55 PM PDT by muawiyah
You bring up a good point. I suppose that the issue of the U.S. military and how it could/should be used/funded/handled is a whole topic that may never be resolved.
157 posted on 09/25/2011 5:25:39 PM PDT by JDW11235