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by landemva 1215 days ago
Distrust of king's standing armies led Constitution to allow army for two years.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S8-C12-1...

"To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years"

Maybe we could amend the Constitution if we want the standing army.

1 comments

Good luck with that!