Anyone else pissed that we spend 100's of BILLIONS on the WRONG war yet give the richest tax cuts?

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all the while crying about Social Security and Medi carebankrupting the country....they cry wolf about Social Security going broke in X amount of years yet the Government has been raiding the Social Security Trust Fund for the last 30 or so years? Yes let's jump on the bandwagon...it's all those old farts fault America owes Trillions in debt and intrest on that debt... Quick quiz: when did unemployment benefits become taxable? when did the Government begin taxing some Social Security Benefits? Who wants to tie an increase in the minimum wage to making the latest round of tax cuts permanent? Why are Americans letting those in power use the EXACT SAME LAME ARGUMENTS for STAYING THE COURSE IN IRAQ that were used by the same folks in STAYING THE COURSE IN VIETNAM? Why are we allowing more FEAR campaign tactics? YES FOLKS I'M MORE THAN SLIGHTLY PISSED OFF... Last question WHY THE HELL AREN'T YOU????

Some personal details:
Combat wounded Vietnam Vet (gunshot the enemy not us)
Retired...daughter let go so some filipino or indian can buy designer coffee...(12 yrs as a reservation sales clerk for a semi-major airline)
proud to claim I'm a LIBERAL...

Had to print you misinformed and totally incorrect rant to counter some missed FACTS... first off irt was Ronald Reagan that not only taxed unemployment benefits in the 1980's same holds true for taxing of Social Security benefits....Ronnie again... and if you can do so much better than our government at "taking care of yourself" then it stands to reason that you would also be able to make the tax codes work to your advantage like all those other millionaires/billionaires and end up with no tax liability ...Can you read, my argument is with the ARGUMENTS FOR STAYING THE COURSE...not why we became involved in the first place..and speaking on that "stopping a madman from gassing...." was not even reason 1 (WMD's mushroom clouds..) reason 2. to remove the dictator...(couldn't hold water hence ) reason 3. to bring democracy to the regionAll seems kinda funny since Reagan armed the 'dictator' in the first place(and the iranians at the same time as opponents in the same war too) Hey did

see any "whining' about 'going to war anyplace in my question? try reading it again... I fully supported our war in Afghanistan. in fact wondered what took so long to get going..we let the leader of our enemy escape and remain free to this day...to kill thousands of innocents nearly 3,000 American soldiers not counting civilian employees in Iraq..gravely wounding nearly another 20,000 young men and American women in a war WIDELY AGREED upon to be the war of BAD CHOICE...oh and have you checked the situation in Afghanistan lately? resurgence of drug trade and oh yes the TALIBAN...As for being attack free for 5 whole years there were 8 years between TCI and TCII for that matter there were 52years between 12/7/41 and TCI.... who gets to claim the title Protector of America for that? yes don't fight a war your self send other mens sons and daughters...Rummy...Cheney and W... Hey just my personal opinion I respect a guy receiving oral from a MUCH younger woman

okay the Clintons are guilty of causing every single problem we suffer today...get real...I appreciate the alluding to my obvious youth ...I am sadly 58 served Honorably in US Army Nov 66 to Nov 68...wounded in RVN 3 Feb 1968 during TET offensive (1st one)I am insulted though by your suggestion that I did not serve..I separated as a Sargent E-5 and served proudly.. Sorry butyou're JUST DEAD WRONG on nearly every argument...and that's sad you seem to almost have a bit of intelligence

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The rich were never richer than with THIS administration.
All I can say is VOTE them out !

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Ok OK OK...Last time...Get your facts straight....Social security is taxed because of Al Gore ISSUING THE TIEBREAKING VOTE AS PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE SENATE.
WHO WANTS THE TAX CUTS PERMANENT...I DO..OK...I can do alot better job taking care of myself than the governent and I see nothing wrong, illegal or immoral about giving me back more of what I legitmately earn.
Where did you come up with the viet nam argument. We took over from the french when Eisenhower sent in advisors to figure out how to stop the spread of communism. We went to Iraq to stop a madman from gassing his own people and to protect a people victimized by their own ruler. how in gods name is that the same argument.
You werent at nine eleven in manhattan I was. I was at the building when it was hit and saw people dying. It wasnt pleasant but I wasnt whining about why are we going to war. I was infact happy that we had a president that right or wrong didnt wait for a poll answer or LIE TO A FEDERAL GRAND JURY UNDER OATH. and followed his own convictions to successfully avoid any foriegn attack on us soil for the last five years.
NEWSFLASH!!!!!!!
The Democrats, through Al gore...NOT the republicans made unemployment and social security taxed as part of the largest tax increase in us history and later through clinton admitted it was a mistake.
and as for health care, look no farther than Hillary to examine an abrupt plan to hijack over seventy percent of us health care and turn it into a system worse than Canada or England as far as delivering health care.
Bush, not Clinton, came up with the pre tax dollar health care savings plan largely credited with keeping health costs down the last two years.
Im amazed a person of your obvious youth and tree hugging liberal status thinks they have the facts about viet nam together without experiencing it first hand.
Get your facts right first and stop wasting other peoples time.

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Yes.

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YEs

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anger is not the answer

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I'm in agreement with you..................:)