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Originally Posted by detbuch
Once again, you slide from the contextual word in the first question to a different contextual word in the next question so as to make them related, but the change in words destroys the relationship. I was answering the question about your "laws that expand the scope of constitutionally mandated federal behaviors". The "scope" of government is not the same as the "size" of government as you pose it in your second question.
The constitutional "scope" of the federal government is limited by the enumerated powers given to it in the Constitution. The "size" within those enumerated powers is not limited. Defense spending falls within the enumerated powers, so the fiscal "size" needs no "subjective interpretation," nor does it need an originalist one. An originalist would "interpret" that it fits perfectly within the original language and intent of the Constitution.
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That's not the test set forth by the article you claimed "nails why American government policies are overwhelmingly leftist and have been so since the New Deal."
The author clearly states that "conservative" legislation "contracted the scope of government funding, regulation or responsibility."
Beyond protecting our borders or providing for a common defense many military actions are a matter of policy, most expand the scope of government funding and as we've recently witnessed and add tremendously the government's responsibility.
-spence