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Originally posted by taxwonk
I disagree with your basic premise. The money is being spent for the benefit of taxpayers. If you truly belienve that we gain more by taking lives than saving them, then there is nothing to discuss. On the other hand, if you believe that one of the basic tenets of a civilzed society is the preservation of life, then disaster relief is by definition a more defensible use of taxpayer dollars than spending to overthrow a government, occupy a country and change its social and political system at a huge cost in both American and foreign lives.
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Any expenditure of money or resources chosen through democratic expression that serves and advances our essential moral positions is spent for our benefit. We support "the good", and fight "the bad", as a way of advancing our chosen moral positions and definitions. For me, but obviously not for you, your two examples work equally well. Long live democracy, eh?
