Re: CAN THE STATE MILITIAS EVER BE ABOLISHED?

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

What do they pay now, drunky?