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Originally Posted by tony286
do you think wars cost nothing? Home land security is free? See when you lower taxes during a time of war.Thats when your spending more.So you build up the debt quicker .And actually spending as gone down during Obama. I know in the imaginary right wing world he is just throwing cash out of windows. Also Robbie where were you when Dick Cheney was saying deficits dont matter? Didnt hear a sound from you or Minte. Debt is a like a rolling ball, it doesnt start at zero when the new president comes in. Also a the big one is W didnt have the war on the books, Obama put it on the books.
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1. You know very well that I think we should bring home ALL of our troops. From the middle east, Afghanistan, German, Japan, etc.
It's a huge waste of money and it's bankrupting us.
2. We are NOT at war. We haven't been since 2002. We actually won both of those wars in a matter of days.
We are in a state of "Occupation".
Again..neither you or I want that. But the thieving federal govt. and their buddies in the corporations who make trillions off military spending DO.
3. When Dick Cheney said "deficits don't matter" he was talking to the Treasury Secretary about winning an ELECTION. He was pointing out that Reagan won with a deficit. I can see you are trying to take that statement completely out of the context it was said in and insinuate that Cheney just openly declared that as if it were a matter of policy.
But that's not true.
And also..the deficits he talked about were in the billions of dollars.
Obama is running a TRILLION and a half.
4. I've heard Bill Maher say that same thing about the wars "not being on the books"
What does that mean? Do you have knowledge of the actual federal budget that shows that? Or are we all just repeating something that a liberal media guy said?
I'm just asking about that because I"m curious.
But if that is true...then wouldn't that mean the wars "went on the books" in one of the recent years?
What about all these other years that Obama has been president?
And you still are not addressing this fact: Obama is President RIGHT NOW. And RIGHT NOW we are spending 10.6 BILLION dollars a day.
Don't you think that is ridiculous? And don't you think it's obviously unsustainable? And can you show me the math where the feds can actually tax the American people 10.6 BILLION dollars per day no matter how much they raise the tax rate?
You can't. Because we are being fucked over by the federal govt. The same ones you want to give MORE money to.
Think about that Tony. Forget Obama and Romney for a second. It doesn't matter which one of them gets in...this time next year the feds will be spending MORE per day than they are now.
It never, ever stops growing and expanding.
That is until our credit runs out. Then it's going to be riots in the streets unless we do something now.