[__jal]

Because one political party, currently mostly ruling Florida, has made a core mission out of defunding anything that benefits anyone not already wealthy, not part of a small set of favored programs, or "defense"[1] spending.

People with mental issues don't make political donations, rarely vote, and can't defend themselves. QED.

[1] We can argue about which was really the the last defensive war fought by the US, but by any reasonable measure it is at least almost gone from living memory.

[cloudjacker]

Why would a political party in florida have anything to do with florida's budget on defense spending

states don't spend any money on defense

sounds like you had something to say, but got lost along the way

[__jal]

Perhaps.

Or perhaps you are choosing to interpret my words in a way that leads to a silly result.

The much more obvious reading starts with noting that the party ruling Florida is the same party that also happens to have policy positions that are of a piece at the local, state and national level positions.

[jessaustin]

Is that the party that invaded Libya? I get confused, on account of the two "big" ones seem identical to me.

[__jal]

- If you're trolling, I have nothing to say.

- If you're playing that game where overstating things for political effect because you [...], have fun, but I don't want to play.

- If you actually believe that, either your priorities are so very far removed from mine that we have nothing to say to each other, or you have blinded yourself to a huge array of very real differences with very real effects on very real people. In which case, find someone else to argue with; I prefer to debate politics with people who live in the real world.

[jessaustin]

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/libya/obamas-libya-d...

[__jal]

So you're in the third category.