“Cutting the size and scope of government will never wreck an economy. However allowing a government to grow endlessly with no reduction in site can surely wreck an economy. I’m surprised to be having to make this argument to a FReeper.”
Wanting to dismantle the Federal Reserve and return us to the gold standard would result in a major devaluation of the dollar and send the economy into a tailspin.
Actions that would pull the economies of several other nations...allies...down with us.
THAT is something I never thought I’d have to explain to a FReeper.
“As to foreign policy, I think us having 700 military bases around the world and being in over 130 countries might just might have something to do with the hatred many people have against the US.”
You might want to provide a link to that bit of mythology.
As a member of the military and someone who peridoically moves to different posts for a new assignment...I WISH there was 700 bases in 130 countries to choose from.
Get your facts straight.
“If another country had a military base in our country, do you honestly think segments of our population wouldn’t be fighting them with guns and whatever other means they could think of?”
But when you catually talk to the adult population of the handful of countries we are actually in...they DON”T want us to leave. For several reasons. Chiefly economically and militarily.
If we were in the situation that some of our allies were in and we needed them to provide for our defense...no I would be thankful for them...not resentful like some petchulant child.
http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/intervention/2003/0710imperialmap.htm
That has some facts in it.
I am very sure that many countries are happy to have us in them. But in areas like Saudia Arabia, the government may have wanted us there, but the people didn’t, and the major source of the 911 hijackers was Saudia Arabia.
Can you back up anything on your gold standard theory? Ron Paul wants to legalize competeting currencies and not dismantle the FED overnight anyway.