Via my friend Chris Preble (or as I now warmly refer to him, #82) of the Cato Institute and Pileus guest blogger:
February 28, 2013 by Grover Cleveland
Via my friend Chris Preble (or as I now warmly refer to him, #82) of the Cato Institute and Pileus guest blogger:
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But we should support the troops. And the lobbyists. And the bureaucrats. And the researchers. And the tech, aerospace, energy, and defense industries. And the small rural economies with manufacturing plants or bases in the area. And the corrupt governments of our third-world allies. Cut defense? These people’s lives will be ruined!