We cannot fight wars, maintain bases in 150 countries out of 190, keep our domestic fires burning, continually feed a much too fat defense budget..... without new revenue.
Grover Norquist has made most Republicans sign a " no new taxes ever" pledge. Why they fear an unelected person so much is another mystery. (Jon Huntsman refused to sign).
HW Bush famously said, "Read my lips. No new taxes". But he did raise them because he realized the need for new revenue. That cost him a second term.
We cannot have an honest discussion about our budget and spending unless we address that one huge question: Will new revenue be part of a budget deal or not?
Terrorism or National Debt, which concerns you more?
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2012/08/20 14:28:00
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Obviously, a big part of our spending is on military. With all the nation building going on in Iraq and Afghanistan along with over 700 bases across the world. Our military budget is more than the top 13 countries around the world combined!! Yet, terrorism still seems to be more of a threat than it was a decade ago. Although, domestic spending is waaay out of control, and our debt is fastly approaching 17 trillion. Americans are going to have to make a decision at some point. History has shown that no country can survive financially in multiple wars while taking care of their own people at the same time. To any one paying attention even minutely, it is obvious America spends way more than it takes in, and we are beyond the point of what to do. In my opinion, economic freedom is the same as personal freedom, and you cannot have one without the other. Which is why I pose this question. Certain people in our government believe that if we do not stay on the offense around the world, the terrorist will come here to wreak havoc, but this cost a lot of money to sustain. Which means the debt will continue to grow. Consider this.. even if we cut our military spending in half, America easily would remain the world’s dominant military power. So, when will we consider a more conservative military foriegn policy? Soon? Or before it is too late, if it isn't already?
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Rebel Yell 2012/08/20 15:18:49
The National Debt is a concern but there is a way to fix it with Tax Reform. The very wealthy in this country should be paying more in taxes and middle class taxes can stay the same as they are now. The wealthy have had these Bush tax cuts for over 8 or 10 years and they have NOT created jobs as it was expected they would do. What makes anyone think that more tax cuts for the rich will result in more jobs? That's crazy. Let them pay a little more, go back to the pre-Bush taxes and that will improve our deficit. Cutting vital program, slashing Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security puts the burden squarely on the shoulders of the elderly, and the poor and disadvantaged and will not fix the deficit.
What we should cut is the Defense budget, bring all the troops home from all over the world and put them to work here rebuilding our infrastructure. We don't need to have them stationed all over the world in this day and age.
And as for terrorism, I don't feel more or less safe than I did before 9/11. I don't worry about someone in a turban walking into my office strapped with C4. I'm far more likely to get shot by a stray bullet from a drive-by gang shooting, or by a white supremecist group looking for another dark-colored person to hurt/harass. So our government can wail on about stopping people with stuff in their underpants, but for me, the everyday crime of living in a big city is where the real terrorism threats lie.
more sheep afraid of the boogeyman! its all BS!
Grover Norquist has made most Republicans sign a " no new taxes ever" pledge. Why they fear an unelected person so much is another mystery. (Jon Huntsman refused to sign).
HW Bush famously said, "Read my lips. No new taxes". But he did raise them because he realized the need for new revenue. That cost him a second term.
We cannot have an honest discussion about our budget and spending unless we address that one huge question: Will new revenue be part of a budget deal or not?