Great, great snippage. Just using
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> How about cuts in non-defense spending? That is an
> option, after all. God did not mandate that Europe
> swaddle its people in a welfare state.
and
> Even for the US the $400 billion that we do spend is
> not small change. But fine. I accept that it is true
> that Europe does not have the economic resources of
> the US. That doesn't change the fact that we are the
> ones who _actually are_ paying the costs and bearing
> the burdens of policing the globe, and you _actually
> are not_ - even though you derive benefits from our
> efforts. If we do all the work, take all the risks,
> and pay all the costs - why should we listen to people
> who do none of the work, take none of the risks, pay
> none of the costs, derive much of the benefits, and
> actually make it _harder_ for us to do the work
> instead of helping? That doesn't seem a little
> unreasonable to you?
Hm. They have a welfare state, and expect the people carrying the burden to
listen to them.
Think one attitude influences the other?
Julia
Snide Observations R Us
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