2007-04-01 23:23:38 · 19 answers · asked by salil 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Or at least on spelling.
2007-04-01 23:26:50 · answer #1 · answered by Knuckles™ 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
How about results? Since the "War on Poverty" was begun with the Johnson Adminastration in the 1960's, the US has transfered Billions of dollars in welfare and other spending programs, and the rate of poverty is the same. While the military has taken a back seat in all of the budgets since then and have defended our country and our allies. Lets see a poor man stare down the Soviet Union.
2007-04-02 07:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by MSG 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
They don't. The Liberals love to give free hand outs to everyone. There are still threats in the world we need to face. And there is not a lot of money in the Vatican. Most of the people who are "poor" are really faking it. they just want free money that we are paying for. Our taxes are going to people to lazy to work. What a pity. The defense budjet is NOT place to cut down on spending
2007-04-02 10:19:27 · answer #3 · answered by F-14Dude 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You obviously haven't checked out the Federal budget recently.
The Federal government spending on the Military is currently about 4.3% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/images/bg2022_chart1.gif
Entitlement payments (money sent to the POOR) consume more than twice what we spend on the military.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/images/bg2022_chart2.gif
2007-04-02 13:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we need to protect ourselves from Osama bin Laden and from the other idiots in the world. And because half of the people who would get money from the government would spend it on wine and crack and just be what a democrat is, a budget waster.
2007-04-02 11:11:32 · answer #5 · answered by Donald C 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
actually most of the US budget goes to social programs, only a part of the over all budget is military.
19% of the over all budget is military.
vs.
social spending
24% medicare and Medicaid
18% social security
26% other (don't know the break down of this in to social programs)
your argument is faulty. there is aide for the poor. I know because I grew up near San Fransisco and I can show you where the shelters, welfare offices and food kitchens are, there is help. But I think what your asking for is hand outs.
sorry socialism can stay in Europe.
2007-04-02 06:45:36 · answer #6 · answered by Stone K 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Liberals will handle all the welfare and poverty programs they can, have no fear and spending limits will not be considered at all. liberals dont understand jihad is real and deadly and will go on attempting to install failed tax and spend schemes regardless of the situation in the us. The idea here is conservatives with the common sense most liberals lack, understand the need to defend this country from extremists who have already bombed it twice and will continue to defend it while the pelosi/reid regime will give you all the social welfare you can handle under the guise of finding a solution for the iraqi war. thats what the razor thin mandate of 06 was about...a clear and convincing way to mask a naked power grab. liberals have no shame, none whatsoever.
2007-04-02 06:30:47 · answer #7 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
because without the military there is no country to have poverty in...besides poverty is overblown....60% of "poverty" are welfare cities,like New Orleans and Detroit that subsist on Government handouts in return for voting Democrat every two years instead of actual poverty so to fix those sites you would have to increase the dole and there are not enough txapaying citizens,a-la middle class,to support any increase like that
2007-04-02 07:22:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its the US Government that wants to spend all the money on the military because if it were up to the American citizens; we would rather use that vast amounts of money on helping the people who desperately needs it in America than waste it on invading foreign countries all in the pursuit of power!!
2007-04-02 07:22:33 · answer #9 · answered by Farrah<33 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Dont start with the US military budget mate. its the same all over the world. If you ask me the biggest criminals in this matter are the catholic church. Dont mean to offend anyone, but if the vatican opened a quarter of its vault world pverty would be a thing of the past
2007-04-02 06:29:00 · answer #10 · answered by oldfield231 1 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Hey Everybody just stop! REALITY CHECK!
The US spends far more on Social Welfare programs than on national defense - that's the fact.
PS nobody else pays for national defense, but all kinds of charitable orgs help the needy.
2007-04-02 06:34:25 · answer #11 · answered by smartr-n-u 6 · 7⤊ 3⤋