Will Trump Privatize the Military?

Every time the Democrats come up with some kind of program which involves using taxpayer money to pay the costs of a governmental service, the GOP insists that private industry can deliver the same service both better and cheaper.

When FDR created social security, Republicans said that people should invest their money in the stock market and build their own retirement plans.

When LBJ created Medicare and Medicaid, the Republicans said that if someone needed to visit a physician, they should pay for medical treatment themselves.

Whenever the USPS says they need to increase the cost of a first-class stamp, the GOP says the whole delivery of mail should be handled by FedEx.

Prisons are too expensive? Let private companies operate all the jails.

The one governmental service which has always been considered something that only the government can deliver, however, is how the military protects us from foreign threats.

The military can’t be used for domestic threats because the Constitution forbids any such action at all.

So, what we end up with is what Grandpa would call, ‘nisht ze he, nisht za ha,’ (read: a little of both) meaning the National Guard which is under the command of the Governors of the 50 states.