How important is National Security to you?

I believe that the National Defense is one of the few things that are of the Federal Governments top concerns as most other things the Feds are getting into are issues that the states themselves can deal with. I think we should let the states run their own Welfare/Social Security Programs if the people in those states want them which me living on the west coast an in Oregon. I know my state would be for having a Welfare type system here. Okay Nation Defense is needed to keep us safe from invaders as for going out invading nations with out a declaration of war from Congress well I think that needs to end as the two wars we are in are more like police actions due to the lack of the declaration of war by congress. I think that the DOD knows how to spend the money to get what they need done and if we allowed our Commanders in the DOD to get the mission done we would of been out of these wars a lot quicker if Washington acted like it did in WWII we would of seen this through already. In order for use to gain a level of national security we need to stop acting like the big brother we have been since WWII as we have issues over here that need to be addressed the borders both North and South need to be secured in a way to not deter trade as trade is good for the economy but to deter terrorist or others that don't want to allow us (Our Governments) to know that they are entering our county. We do need to work on streamlining the process to get into the country as much as possible with out compromising security. So yes National Security is an top issue for the Federal Government to deal with. Our Economy isn't something they know how to fix as throwing money at it doesn't work. FDR had an idea get people working if Obama and the Democrats looked at FDR they would find that he created programs that hired people to work on massive projects that took years not months to complete.

I think the more intersting question would have been: Do you want to PAY for a strong national defense? With republicans crying about the national debt, and all of the spending they NEVER mention that they didn't pay for two wars which cost the American people over a TRILLION dollars. The defense budget is still the largest expense in our budget, and always goes up with republicans in office (which I am sure has NOTHING to do with the large donations from the defense industry). So my question to you Laglen is: Are you willing to increase your taxes to pay for a strong military? How about donating your tax return to the government so they can increase the pay for our brave men and women that give their lives to make sure we are all safe? The funny part about this is that the people that want to send our military off to war, HATE paying taxes which go to funding our military. Kind of funny isn't it?

Welfare won't do a nation much good if they are usurped by enemies.. to believe mankind has somehow 'evolved' beyond trying to kill and terrorize others and other nations that is like putting one's head in the sand and being very naive.. Also welfare can only go so far until those on welfare out number those paying for it, then the system collapses which is another form or scheme for overthrowing a free nation.. (i.e. written in the book "rules for radicals")

It is important to me, but not so important that I am willing to trade off my civil liberties for it. In terms of nationaldefense I do support a very strong military, but not a very large military foot print on the planet. I think there is a distintive difference.

Well, although the touchy-feelies tend to disagree that people are just as inherently bad as they are potentially good, I think the bank without guards in a town without police is going to have an extremely hard time keeping money in the safe. Having them won't necessarily deter a robber, but it certainly stands a better shot.

I am not a residence in the United State but I don't oppose any strong security imposition because those in the duty of implementing peace in order will make sure every individual is safe. United State is prone from any terrorist attack because of their enemy outside and inside the country. Government officials should strengthen security ties to be sure those terrorist did not distract the peaceful life of every individual citizens or not. If the government spend only on the welfare of the people and protecting it. That welfare will be in vain because someday they are all terribly shock on what is really the effect on unbalance the welfare and security measures.

I read through the document and found myself "disgusted" with most of the decisions. I was pleasantly surprised to find that my Democratic Rep voted 75% in favor of National Security...but I'm still not voting to re-elect him. He's screwed up too many other times. I am for a strong defense; I am for building a border fence; I am for defunding anything with U.N. in the title... I do believe in Peace through a Strong Defense. When the Army/AF tell you they don't want money for a wind tunnel, then by God listen. If the CIA tells you they don't want money to study climate change, then by God listen. The money we spend on defense could be drastically reduced if our legislators would simply listen to DoD on its needs! You can blame Congress here, not DoD.