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Originally Posted by Shotsie
I agree that government can be trimmed down in certain areas, but here in The United States the so-called libertarian Republicans go after The Department of Education and the Enviromental Protection Agency, meanwhile you won't hear them say a word about the enormous military industrial complex. What kind of message is that to send? Basically what they're telling us is that bullets, bombs and guns are more important than children's education and the environment.
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It does sound crazy to eliminate the Dept. of Education. I mean, Education? Cutting that sounds almost as bad as not voting to renew the "Patriot" Act.
But let's think about this for a moment...
The Department of Education was not created until 1979. We put a man on the moon a decade before that, and built the world's first atomic weapons even earlier. What exactly has this department done to improve education since 1979, and why is it's existence absolutely necessary today?
The fact is that serious budget cuts need to be made if we want to bring the U.S. economy in for an emergency landing instead of a violent crash. I think the average American is beginning to realize this.
Also, Ron Paul certainly falls into the "so-called libertarian Republicans" group which you spoke of when claiming, we "won't hear them say a word about the enormous military industrial complex." However, a simple YouTube search proves this claim to be false:
https://youtube.com/results?searc...rial+comp lex