Nationalized National Security Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Well, now that the healthcare bill has passed, I am kind of curious what arguments your average liberal and conservative have for keeping private an obviously flawed national defense procurement system of the United States Federal Government.Why not nationalize the manufacturers of missles, tanks, jet fighters, bombers, firearms, etc., get rid of the profit and pass the cost savings on to the taxpayers? Why allow the repeated boondoggles, cost overruns, delays, dangerous and shoddy craftsmanship, fraud, corruption and various other detrimental side effects of a semi-competitive (that is, fascist) market in national defense technologies?
And don't say, "The Constitution" or something equally crass and unbelieveable... we all know you liberals and conservatives don't care about those scribbling-covered scrolls of toilet-paper anytime it gets in the way of your agenda.
Serious question, I am running a bit of a survey here: what is the two-party politico standard argument against socializing this industry wholesale?
Labels: arguments, communazism, politics, statism
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2 Comments:
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At Thu Mar 25, 12:21:00 AM EDT,
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Taylor,
I think most conservatives believe (righly, I think) that competition between different providers results in more and better weapons to pick from, which allows for more military adventures.
I'm not sure what liberals are thinking. -
At Fri Mar 26, 12:35:00 AM EDT,
Mattheus said...
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James,
The liberals are universally anti-war, don't you know?!
