"The difference is that the Canadians don't know any better while the Americans don't have much of a choice, given that we tend to be world police."
Just curious... why are we the world police??? Sometimes I feel like we butt in where we don't belong.
I'm sorry, but hearing that the government is funding a project to make a jet that can fly itself... well that kinda makes me feel like my tax dollars are going to jack shit. I don't like the funding that goes to the military. I feel it's a little excessive. I'm sorry if I don't believe we need a jet that flies itself. If we're spending money on that sort of stuff, just work on improving what we have! We have plenty of pilots capable of flying our jets. We don't need robots right now. There are more important issues to worry about than that. Maybe it creates jobs, but for who?? For people who have a degree in advanced robotic science or some crap. That's not really making jobs for the rest of the nation. In fact, I think it would be safe to say (if they are sucessful) it would actually cut back military jobs since we won't need pilots if it can fly itself.
On the other hand, funding projects like improving/making new roads creates jobs for the average joe. I think we should be focusing our taxes on projects like that. Our country is in desperate need of jobs that are accessible to the middle-class. I think we need to rethink our position on butting into everyone's freaking business. Think about the amount of homeless and starving people living on our own soil that we do nothing about. Yet when Haiti has an earthquake, we raise like six million dollars to help them. Now, don't get me wrong, I think it's great that we're trying to reach out to others in their time of need, but there comes a point where a country should reach out to its own people. The last time we did something huge to help our own people was during 9-11 and Katrina. I'm happy paying taxes when it helps our people.
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Date: 18/4/10 22:09 (UTC)Just curious... why are we the world police??? Sometimes I feel like we butt in where we don't belong.
I'm sorry, but hearing that the government is funding a project to make a jet that can fly itself... well that kinda makes me feel like my tax dollars are going to jack shit. I don't like the funding that goes to the military. I feel it's a little excessive. I'm sorry if I don't believe we need a jet that flies itself. If we're spending money on that sort of stuff, just work on improving what we have! We have plenty of pilots capable of flying our jets. We don't need robots right now. There are more important issues to worry about than that. Maybe it creates jobs, but for who?? For people who have a degree in advanced robotic science or some crap. That's not really making jobs for the rest of the nation. In fact, I think it would be safe to say (if they are sucessful) it would actually cut back military jobs since we won't need pilots if it can fly itself.
On the other hand, funding projects like improving/making new roads creates jobs for the average joe. I think we should be focusing our taxes on projects like that. Our country is in desperate need of jobs that are accessible to the middle-class. I think we need to rethink our position on butting into everyone's freaking business. Think about the amount of homeless and starving people living on our own soil that we do nothing about. Yet when Haiti has an earthquake, we raise like six million dollars to help them. Now, don't get me wrong, I think it's great that we're trying to reach out to others in their time of need, but there comes a point where a country should reach out to its own people. The last time we did something huge to help our own people was during 9-11 and Katrina. I'm happy paying taxes when it helps our people.