On Sunday 16 February 2003 21:16, you wrote: > (It's true that the military > consumes much, much more money than it should, but at least the > Army and Navy are constitutionally legitimate.) >
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution says: The Congress shall have the Power To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; To provide and maintain a Navy; A permanent Navy is certainly authorized by the Constitution. A standing army is something the founders feared and clearly meant to circumvent by preventing any army from being funded for more than two years. Maintaining a permanent standing army by renewing its funding every two years is simply more treasonous bullshit from the fecal matter infesting Washington D.C. David Neilson
