Oh, so Republican Spend-and-Spend Economics is so much better? Hah! That's a laugh. Conservatives are so clueless, living in the past with no concept of reality.

And, of course, jay, you go right ahead and attack the strawman, too. G'wan, kill it! It's only a false conjuration of the conservatives, and has no bearing whatsoever on whatever plan Obama and Congress come up with, when they do finally release a plan.

Funny how the Conservatives never question where the money for the Military and Wars should come from, considering they're the biggest cash cows in the US, and the area of spending that has the most pork involved. No, the Republicans only pull out chestnuts like that when the spen...

Oh, so Republican Spend-and-Spend Economics is so much better? Hah! That's a laugh. Conservatives are so clueless, living in the past with no concept of reality.

And, of course, jay, you go right ahead and attack the strawman, too. G'wan, kill it! It's only a false conjuration of the conservatives, and has no bearing whatsoever on whatever plan Obama and Congress come up with, when they do finally release a plan.

Funny how the Conservatives never question where the money for the Military and Wars should come from, considering they're the biggest cash cows in the US, and the area of spending that has the most pork involved. No, the Republicans only pull out chestnuts like that when the spending involves something that might stop them from ripping off their fellow Americans (funny, how the owners and execs of Big Health Insurance and Big Drug are all Republicans).

where the money for the Military and Wars should come from,

The enumerated powers of the Federal government to spend money are defined in the Constitution under Article I, Section 8.

These powers include the right to "establish Post Offices and post roads; raise and support Armies; provide and maintain a Navy; declare War ..." and conduct a few other activities related mostly to national defense. No matter how long one searches, it is impossible to find in the Constitution any language that authorizes at least 90% of the civilian programs Congress crams into the Federal budget today.

The Federal government has no authority to pay money to farmers; run the health care industry; impose wa...

where the money for the Military and Wars should come from,

The enumerated powers of the Federal government to spend money are defined in the Constitution under Article I, Section 8.

These powers include the right to "establish Post Offices and post roads; raise and support Armies; provide and maintain a Navy; declare War ..." and conduct a few other activities related mostly to national defense. No matter how long one searches, it is impossible to find in the Constitution any language that authorizes at least 90% of the civilian programs Congress crams into the Federal budget today.

The Federal government has no authority to pay money to farmers; run the health care industry; impose wage and price controls; give welfare to the poor and unemployed; provide job training; subsidize electricity and telephone service; lend money to businesses and foreign governments; or build parking garages, tennis courts, and swimming pools.

The Founding Fathers did not create a Department of Commerce, Education, or Housing and Urban Development. This was no oversight. They did not believe that government was authorized to establish such agencies.