Politics is purely the exercise of power.
Economic power used wisely will strengthen the economy, used unwisely it will destroy it just as effectively as military power.
Political power can be used to either strengthen or weaken a country through the behaviors it encourages or discourages.
God has his own areas of concern.
The acquisition and application of power are not his province.
THAT is what the founders were trying to tell people.
Generosity is a matter for God, the public treasury is not.
Turning the other cheek is an instruction for missionaries, not for those charged with defending a nation.