Are they?
Goode thinks entitlements are not only constitutional, but sacrosanct when it comes to balancing the budget.
And, like many Ron Paul/CP types, his first target for budget-cutting is the defense budget.
Is that "all conservative"?
As for me, the defense budget is at the bottom of the list, not at the top, for any potential cuts.
And, along with the father of our Constitution, James Madison, "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
There are other serious questions about what it is that Mr. Goode represents.
Does he agree with the party whose standard he now carries in its extreme isolationist positions? Does he want to pull our support for Israel, for example, like they do?
These are not unimportant questions.
The CP’s stand on national defense is what alarms me, EV. You are quite right to state that the common defense, which is one of the actual responsibilities of government that is unquestionably constitutional, should be the last item on the block.
The very best for our heroes. Now and always.
Actually, not in context, EV.
How would balancing the budget happen most quickly. That’s what he’s spelled out.
At no place do you find Goode saying, “I believe in welfare queens ripping off the system.”
What he does say is that with wars drawing down that there is no reason to keep the military funded at the same level. That’s only common sense. It wasn’t funded at wartime levels prior to the war.
However, he clearly says it should be the best military in the world.
I’m a veteran and a retiree, EV. I know the military.