This is a great, short, ad that pretty much sums up what has happened in Washington over the last several decades. The ongoing crisis over raising the debt ceiling is just the first battle in a much-needed effort to restore government to sustainable, Constitutional principles:
20% of the budget goes to national defense. What does the Constitution say about national defense and what influenced the Founding Fathers thinking on the subject.
Here’s a link to an article published in the Armed Forces Journal (Feb 2010):
“The Founders’ wisdom”
BY LT. COL. PAUL L. YINGLING
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2010/02/4384885/