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    Given our financial problems - deficit, trade-balance, currency-parity, human needs, infrastructure, etc. Do you agree we should drastically cut our military spending? If not, how would you meet our needs?

    Asked by: gary knott from Silver Spring, MD. Received 1 Vote.
    Categories: Defense. Tags: use of our money.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)

    Well, to begin with the military spending as a percentage of the federal budget is less than it used to be. The biggest part of the federal spending is entitlement spending, that’s 60 percent and military spending represents about 15 percent. So I would think their question should have been: “Should we cut domestic spending in non-military accounts?” Since the first obligation of a federal government is to defend the country.

    Matt Laslo: But it seems like everyone is afraid of entitlements – do you see any political will…?

    Answered on Jun 24th, 2008 More

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    Do you agree that liberties are being lost due to a predilection for secrecy, excessive police power and withholding information to avoid embarrassment, exposure of malfeasance or incompetence? Do we need to drastically diminish presidential power in favor of an open government in order to restore and maintain our freedom?

    Asked by: gary knott from Silver Spring, MD. Received 28 Votes.
    Categories: Civil Liberties. Tags: liberty.
    Answer:

    Listen to: U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)

    Yeah, I do think there is a great degree of unwarranted and unconstitutional secrecy in the dealing with the executive branch over the last 7 years and I think that was allowed to occur because the Congress basically shirked its role as a coequal branch of government and became a rubber stamp for the executive branch and so the system did not work but during the past year after the Democrats have taken control there has been whole lot more of oversight, hearings and investigations into various processes and functions of the executive branch and what we have been met with in many cases

    Answered on Jun 18th, 2008 More

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