The taxpayer and treasury can only withstand so much. There must be enough in reserve to maintain our security and defense posture otherwise we will all have to learn another language. Probably Arabic.
2007-03-19 09:11:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The bank is already broken, Social Security is going bankrupt, as is Medicare/Medicaid. The federal government is now telling western states they won't pay for the healthcare of illegals in ERs. The reality is, until the general population stands up and screams "enough" with the taxes, nothing will change.
When someone who makes less than $30K/yr pays almost 40% of it to taxes, you would think that would be considered unacceptable. Unfortunately, the majority doesn't seem to pay attention to how little their tax dollars actually gets them.
2007-03-19 09:20:24 · answer #1 · answered by Kat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the standard Republican whine. All the giveaway programs sponsored by the federal government combined do not add up to the cost of our unnecessary adventure in Iraq.
If the Republicans are concerned about the deficit, why are they not insisting on better value for money spent over there? Why are they not concerned about the trillions we are throwing away on an unwinnable and discredited occupation?
The other standard Republican whine is about lechery. According to the neoconservative creed every Democratic President (except Jimmy Carter) lusted not in his heart, but in the Oval Office. We will leave that issue with the obvious response: is sex in office worse than obstruction of justice?
Of course, the Democrats have their seasonal whines as well. In fact they have so many that the main point of the Democratic primaries is to determine which will be the whine du jour. The Republicans, having already settled on theirs, can spend their primaries in their traditional pastime of character assassination.
2007-03-19 19:02:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could the "giveaways" like universal healthcare and higher minimum wage rates really cost the treasurey more than the two wars that the Bush presidency just put us through? I sincerely doubt it.
At least the "giveaways" are reinvesting in the American people...whether you consider people with less money "people" or not.
There is more to a way of life and freedom than money. Unless you're rich. Then you're only happy with money.
As for your comment about needing money in the reserve: there is absolutely no money in reserve. We are waging war with other people's money right now. So I don't see any worries...we'll be a country even if we don't have money. We've been doing it for a long time.
2007-03-19 16:22:44 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wake up. We are broke already. The war in Iraq is estimated to have a total economic cost of $2 trillion by the time it ends if it ever does. We spend $2 billion on this war each week. I don't see why you would have such a problem keeping some of that money for our own people's healtcare and education and livelihood. And you know what, you should learn to speak another language. I am sure it is a better use of our money than waging war on a bunch of Arabs who are clueless like you. So maybe you should learn the language of your clueless Arab compadres:-).
2007-03-19 16:31:53 · answer #4 · answered by bobaj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why? Why do you make me call you out on your question's obvious flaws.
Break the mother ******* bank? The republicans have ran up the largest deficits in united states history. More debt under bush than every other president combined and you are worried that the democrats are not responsible with money.
Go back to ******* school and learn something.
2007-03-19 16:16:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
While I am a conservative independent, I do not believe the Republicans represent fiscal conservatism at all. $9 trillion is a lot of debt.
2007-03-19 16:18:10 · answer #6 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The democrats will surrender us to terrorists.
Let's elect hillary and let another clinton make a joke out of the whitehouse.
2007-03-19 16:47:32 · answer #7 · answered by infobrokernate 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You know, this line of question would have been so much more pointed before the Bush Presidency...
I'm too conservative for the Republican party, these days...
2007-03-19 16:16:17 · answer #8 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the dems in the past have had a balanced budget and *gasp* a surplus to pay off the national debt....I doubt that would break the bank...
2007-03-19 16:15:42 · answer #9 · answered by emt_dragon339 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Notice
There is no BANK
George W Bush spent it all !!!!
From surplus to record debt in 6 yrs
2007-03-19 16:17:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋