I agree almost entirely except you have to include all of DOD. If airflight was posisble in the days of the Founding Fathers they would have authorized it. Defense is a legitimate function of government.
There are also other pieces of defense buried in other agencies (Centers for disease control, national institutes of health are two that come to mind.)
But the bottom line is the same. Get the fedgov out of anything not authorized by the Constitution.
No, you don't: Marines are Navy, and Air Force could be rolled back int the Army Air Corp.
If airflight was posisble in the days of the Founding Fathers they would have authorized it. Defense is a legitimate function of government.
It may be legitimate, but Army and Navy are the only ones authorized by the Constitution -- if you want more, then an amendment should be adopted. BTW, this would shake up the whole defense industry [corporations], and that might be a good thing.
There are also other pieces of defense buried in other agencies (Centers for disease control, national institutes of health are two that come to mind.)
*shrug* -- Sucks to be them.
But the bottom line is the same. Get the fedgov out of anything not authorized by the Constitution
Wait, here you are arguing not exactly following the constitution and ending with a get govt out of things not authorized by the constitution
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That's pretty inconsistent. (Also, if something is really needed and proper to the federal government, then there's no reason not to use a Constitutional amendment.)