Just curious... why are we the world police??? Sometimes I feel like we butt in where we don't belong.
It's been the case since World War II, when we became the only democractic superpower and were forced to do defense for Japan and repair Europe. Then the Soviet Union fell and things got even worse.
It's not a role I'm happy we have, but it's a role that's somewhat thrust upon us.
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.
On one hand, that has huge positive military applications. On the other, I do tend to agree with you on the feeling you get from it, at least until here:
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.
You never, ever, impede progress because of "jobs" or something like that. That's the road to failure. Change or die.
On the other hand, funding projects like improving/making new roads creates jobs for the average joe.
No, it really doesn't. And we're not far from automating that process, either.
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.
No, we're not. We're hungry for jobs period right now, but that's because of the recession, not because of any other reason. The middle class is not in trouble.
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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It's been the case since World War II, when we became the only democractic superpower and were forced to do defense for Japan and repair Europe. Then the Soviet Union fell and things got even worse.
It's not a role I'm happy we have, but it's a role that's somewhat thrust upon us.
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.
On one hand, that has huge positive military applications. On the other, I do tend to agree with you on the feeling you get from it, at least until here:
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.
You never, ever, impede progress because of "jobs" or something like that. That's the road to failure. Change or die.
On the other hand, funding projects like improving/making new roads creates jobs for the average joe.
No, it really doesn't. And we're not far from automating that process, either.
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.
No, we're not. We're hungry for jobs period right now, but that's because of the recession, not because of any other reason. The middle class is not in trouble.
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.
Are you familiar with our Constitution?