After remembering and honoring the service of our troops on Memorial Day weekend, we're reading about tackling our nation's excess debt in terms of providing financial support for our military in the future, and rising star Marco Rubio writes about an "ideas based" conservative future.

Will We Have the Resources to Fight? - Gretchen Hamel, The Daily Caller

"Fighting a war requires more than just heroes, of which the United States has an abundance. It also requires money and resources. During war times, the government steps up spending and consumes more of the economy. Yet today, our government is expanding not in the cause of our nation’s defense, but just because the government is assuming responsibilities that were once left to the people. This growth of government means we will have less to invest in the military if we do confront a major future conflict."

An Ideas Based Conservative Future - Marco Rubio, Townhall

"America’s proud legacy of limited government, free enterprise and personal responsibility is under assault in Washington in the form of Obamacare, the so-called stimulus and cap and trade. Washington is broken, and there’s a fundamental question voters must ask themselves this election year: Who do you trust to fix it?"