“The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for power in our new country, and of course they worried that having a standing army around would create too much of a temptation to use it.” ShouldCountryUseGovernmentAmericaCoursesPowerfulToo MuchMilitaryStandingArmyTemptationWorriedConventionsRivalsCiviliansMilitarismConstitutional Convention Book:Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power Source: Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
“Many governments are giving subsidies to fossil fuel production and consumption that encourage greenhouse gas emissions, at the same time as they are spending on projects to promote clean energy. This is a wasteful use of scarce budget resources.” GivingUseGovernmentEnergyProjectsResourcesCleanClimate ChangeProductionsSpendingBudgetsFuelGasConsumptionFossilsScarceFossil FuelEmissionsGreenhousesSubsidiesClean EnergyGreenhouse Gases Author:Jose Angel Gurria
“The government doesn't want us to have weapons and yet, they have weapons. I think the biggest weapon they have is the IRS - Internal Revenue Service. They can use taxes as a weapon, and the IRS code that you can't even figure it out.” ThinkingWantUseGovernmentFiguresTaxesWeaponsCodeInternalsRevenueWant UIrs Author:Glenn Beck