r/bayarea • u/Front-Resident-5554 • 1d ago

Politics & Local Crime California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/IHateLayovers 1d ago

I'm a military officer. Former active duty current Natty Guard.

It is what it is. You're not the one doing the dying this time, it's going to be me.

And I still say fuck it, California Tech dollars for Californians. As someone who also pays California Tech tax dollars (43% effective tax rate now).

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u/PvesCjhgjNjWsO4vwOOS 1d ago

Have you not seen how warfare has evolved? There is no safe place, anyone is at risk of getting caught in the crossfire, even if they're not active combatants. You're absolutely fucking insane to be in the military, looking at the past decades of warfare, and saying "yeah that sounds like something I want to get myself, my family, my neighbors, and everyone else in the country I swore to protect and defend involved in".

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u/IHateLayovers 21h ago

Who said I want to?

My oath is to the Constitution. That's the difference between the Enlisted and Officer Oath.

Are you suggesting I ignore my oath to the Constitution of the United States in a hypothetical scenario of an unconstitutional violation of Posse Comitatus?

You're the one who made the leap from my comment of endorsing President Trump's wish to gut the federal tax which would be great for Californians and the highly taxed people in the Bay Area to civil war. I never said that. You did.

I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State (Commonwealth, District, Territory) of ___ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the Office of [grade] in the Army/Air National Guard of the State (Commonwealth, District, Territory) of ___ on which I am about to enter, so help me God.