# Rendell FTL **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rendell-ftl/187860 "2007-02-05T13:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 43
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rendell-ftl/187860/43 "2007-02-06T09:34:16Z")
> [@Anyone ever ride a rigid bike???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-ride-a-rigid-bike/27798/3): > > Darkstar, you are right on the money, but i have to disagree with one thing…our military spending NEEDS to be outrageous. Providing for defense is a constitutional mandate. It is the ONE thing that the Federal government MUST do according to our Constitution. Redistributionist social entitlement programs are NOT mandated by the constitution. The amount of bullshit spending by government is staggering. The Federal budget could EASILY be cut in half WITHOUT cutting defense spending ( i am not counting Iraq into this equations, thats a temporary spike that will be going away, i am talking long term here) if only someone had the balls to do it. > I am not going to hold my breath. [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/spending.htm](http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/spending.htm) The Unites States spends 466 billion on defense. The REST OF THE WORLD COMBINED spends ~ 500 Billion. China and Russia both spend ~50 billion per year. I agree wholeheartedly that we have to provide for our defense, but what we spend on defense is just fucking insane. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rendell-ftl/187860)._