Re: CAN THE STATE MILITIAS EVER BE ABOLISHED?

"The Lone Weasel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Chip Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> >> Can you imagine how much it would cost for a state to pay
> >> for its own National Guard?  Do you think the taxpayers of
> >> your state would pay for all the equipment and arms and
> >> troops your State National Guard has right now?
> >
> > You mean they don't pay for it?  Who pays for it?
>
> Congress.
>
> > The
> > tooth fairy I suppose.  The state pays some and the federal
> > govenment pays some but the money, ultimately, comes from
> > the taxpayers.
>
> No, I asked you if you could imagine the burden on a state's
> taxpayers if they had to pay for all their own military
> equipment and arms and pay the troops?  You can understand
> that right?

True, but a militia supplies it's own equipement and arms, and requires no
pay or supplies unless actually deployed, at which point every effort will
be made to insure they are supplied with whatever they need to remain an
effective force in the field.

> No state could field even a half-assed militia.

Actually, many states can field a half-assed militia. Many more can field a
well regulated militia.

> You'd get
> troops like TXJohn and Snout and Weenieboy - losers.

Your bigotry is showing.