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Originally Posted by Doctor Who
I see. So we could print dollars we don't have to pay off debt that we can't payoff. Not sure how that works. Obama can however, tax the crap out of us to pay off his schemes. That is the likely scenario.
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You and I don't have the dollars, because if we print them up, it is counterfeiting. The U.S. government, on the other hand, can and will print new dollars to pay for things. Do a google search on the term "quantitative easing". In my opinion, Obama will never be able to tax enough to pay off the national debt. Since the U.S. went off of the gold standard, it is my belief that ever increasing debt has been the goal.
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Originally Posted by Doctor Who
So was Bush a puppet also and if so, how did the truly powerful let him fuck up?
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Yes, he was a puppet. He didn't fuck anything up. We have secured the third largest oil reserve on the planet. Mission accomplished.
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Originally Posted by Doctor Who
No doubt we went into Iraq mostly for oil. Not necessarily for Iraq's oil but more to make sure the region didn't fall into the hands of Saddam. But I hope you're right about this.
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Yes, for oil. To secure Iraq's, to bolster our security of Saudi Arabia's, and probably to secure Iran's as well, in the end. No, we didn't care about Saddam, he was a tool that we used. We care about Russia and China. They are true potential foes, not Saddam.