Do you have any idea of how unimportant your question is relative to the issue of todays military? I wish you people would use the brains God gave you to do your own thinking.
You brought it up, Goober. You were the one who was trying to put musket balls and sabers into billbears' statement.
I wish you people would use the brains God gave you to do your own thinking.
Right back atcha, Sparky.
Have you even bothered to look into whether some other taxation method, like excise taxes on interstate commerce or value-added taxes would be sufficient to fund the military-industrial complex? If not, then you have no room to accuse anyone of being unable to think for themselves.