I agree with the previous comment on leaving our troops there and not coming home until the task is finished. How do you want to look to the rest of the world? Oh wait, America is going to pull out of something and leave it half way finished. Second of all, why not change how welfare programs are run. People should be allowed to have welfare if needed and not just becaus they had an extra child. For that matter, I don't want my tax dollars going to pay for some young girl's monthly depo shot. Actions bring rewards or consequences. Teach America to wait until they can handle the responsibility of a family or a child before they have one, OR, limit the program to bare necessities. I have two children of my own and one more on the way. THings are VERY tight for us, but I am not asking for a handout. I have taken on another job or cut my cable and food bill and heat bill, because I am an American that chooses to provide for myself. Someone needs to reteach Georgia that we aren't a handout state. Save your tax dollars there. Teach Georgians what it means to be responsible...what it means to have high values for yourself.

The National Guard isn't used to "build roads." That's the DoT. The National Guard has been primarily tasked with training Afghan and Iraqi forces to take charge of their own security so we can, as you suggest, bring our troops home and cease with the "nation building."

But, obviously, this process takes time. To pull our troops - active, reserve and guard alike - out prematurely would create a vacuum of power and organization whereby corruption and evil could once again take control of those countries and continue to pose a threat to the rest of the free world - thereby making our efforts there for the past decade completely moot. It's an investment well worth the tax payers' dollars.

Beyond that, the Georgia National Guard is primarily funded through federal, not state, tax dollars. In fact, the Georgia Guard contributes millions MORE in revenue to the state than it takes.