(12-25-2024, 02:20 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-25-2024, 08:37 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I'm puzzled by that question.  When has it not mattered?

Why are you puzzled? No one cares about the ravenous spending habits of the federal government, except now that we're discussing strategic expansion I guess?

I care about our ravenous spending habits.  I've posted many times that I think the growing federal debt is the greatest threat this country is facing.  So don't say no one cares.  Many people care.   I wonder if Trump cares, though, if he's going to try buying enormous tracts of land from other countries.  I also wonder about his mental stability when he's talking about taking back the Panama Canal, annexing Canada, and buying Greenland, all of which are so far-fetched as to be laughable.  We need to be talking about cutting our spending, not buying more stuff, or starting a war in Central America.

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(12-25-2024, 08:03 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-25-2024, 07:02 PM)copycat Wrote: For some of us it always has been.

I agree, it's just interesting in this context that it would preclude the purchase of Greenland should we be able to reach an agreement.

Do you actually think it is remotely possible Denmark would sell us Greenland?  What planet are you on?  
Besides, how much do you think it would cost?  How much would this purchase add to our federal debt?  
I can't believe some of you are treating this seriously.  This is laughable.  People around the world are either horrified or laughing their [BLEEP] off that we elected this clown to be President of the United States.

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