AuH20
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i'm not much for dichotomies, so please excuse this one instance.
either an act is moral, or it is not.
if someone chooses to act morally in all actions- i don't see there being any holes.
and to give up 1% of the principle is to give up the entire principle (paraphrased from ron paul)
with that in mind, it is immoral to take money from people by force.
any activity that is paid for by the money procured in this manner would also be immoral. it would be paid for by 'blood money'
if a standing army was voluntary, and funded voluntarily- you could make a case for it.
in fact, some believe the militia to be the standing army or local people who get together at times of need to protect their homes collectively.
Extenuating cirumstances have removed the voluntary aspect of any contributions for the near future. This is the age of the superpower, highly specialized forces and missile defense. I'm not sure how you can just unveil a militia project at this point and provide sufficient national defense. In theory, I agree with you, but we have to examine the facts on the ground here. I'm not enamored with the state of our military nor it's outlays, but I'm not too certain it's the right time for a complete rollback to nothing.
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