Re: CAN THE STATE MILITIAS EVER BE ABOLISHED?

"Scout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> "The Lone Weasel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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>> Johnny Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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>> > On 17 Nov 2003 04:50:07 GMT, The Lone Weasel
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>> >>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?
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>> >   We already are paying it.
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>> Not the richest Americans, mainly the middle and lower
>> economic classes.
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>> See, I asked what would happen if each state had to pay
>> just for its own militia without any federal funding.
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>> Answer me that.
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> Easy, they would pay the money directly to those forces
> rather than paying it though the federal government acting
> a middleman. 

How much would Florida taxpayers have to pay to fully fund 
their National Guard?

To the nearest billion.

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