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Originally Posted by underboss
You can't spend three trillion dollars of borrowed money on war mongering and cut taxes at the same time. Well you can.... if you want a total collapse of the economy and the currency.
We do not need 70,000 troops guarding Germany.
Govt. services sure can be cut - but they make up a negligible portion of the total spending that the federal government does. It is the spending on maintaining the empire that is draining the resources of this nation - trillions of dollars of taxpayer's capital that are wasted. instead of bombing countries - try trading - like we did for the most part since the birth of this country and what made us the most powerful, technological, economic power in the world.
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I dont accept the 3 trillion dollar figure. The number specifically dealing with Iraq is closer to 500bil, which is bases on the sum of the appropriations bills that have been dedicated to Iraq and Afghanistan. Its too easy to claim other spending is related to Iraq, and likewise easy to dispute. But, in the same time we have spent 7.5 trillion on social programs. Perhaps if were to spend less on that we would have more to spend on the nations highest priority, national defense. Whether its 500billion, 3 trillion, or even 10 trillion, no cost is to much for my physical security. And yeah, for the most part we do need to have troops in all of those countries. Im not about to second guess the generals and presidents that have decided what is needed by our military to physically secure this country.