Half a trillion in Iraq and republicans complain about democrats spending their tax dollars. Why are you blind

Question

to your own party's spending?

Answer 1

Because the Dems waste the taxpayer's bux on doing good things FOR people.

The proper use of Government funds is to do bad things TO people, and to make sure the corporations get most of it.

How dare those Socialists think that the poor and Middle Class, you know, the people who actually pay the taxes, should get something in return?

Why tax and spend, when you can write bad checks and spend even more?

Answer 2

In the pre-amble to the Constitution it states this:

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense,

promote the general welfare,

and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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How in the world the stupid jackass right wing libertarians and screwed up constitutional zealots can say with a straight face that the US Constitution is not about taking care of the peoples "GENERAL WELFARE" is beyond me.-----------oh, its in the first part of the Constitution and doesn't count.

Then screw it, nor does the rest of it then!

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The repukes can then, with a straight face, lie to you and me and everyone else and say its their constitutional duty. And then say with just as straight of a face that we are justified in our selfish war on terror to screw up an innocent country for our own selfish gains.

No wonder the world hates our government.

Peace

Jim

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Answer 3

Brian is right, national defense is mentioned in the constitution as the federal government's responsiblility, none of the rest is. But get your facts straight, what some repubs are complaining about is the "earmarks" that BOTH parties slip into necessary spending bills. It's nothing more than bribery to promise a senator or representative something for his state IF he or she will support your bill.

EDIT:
Jim;
Promote the general welfare doesn't mean that the government "gives" things to it's residents. What "general welfare" does a bridge to nowhere in Alaska promote? What "general welfare" does millions of dollars earmarked for peanut storage promote? Some people read things into the Constitution that just aren't there. Are dems "blind to their own party's spending?" There have been as many "earmarks" by dems as repubs as was stated earlier in this post. It seems that the left leaning answerers to this question are "blind to their own party's spending".

Answer 4

To Brian: Since when does this administration follow the constitution. The fact is it's way too much money to be spent on something that wasn't necessary to begin with. That's what repubs have to get through their heads.
My Opinion :-)

Answer 5

Because it is convenient to be so.
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EDIT: I get so tickled reading rethugs actually DEFEND the insane spending on the military machine.

IT IS NOT OK TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY ON DEFENSE.

Especially when it's FABRICATED and not real at all.
Like Iraq.

Answer 6

They get to spend their (otherwise known as the national treasury) money any way they want to.

Answer 7

National defense is actually a responsibility given to the Federal government under the Constitution unlike most of the programs favored by Democrats.

Answer 8

Ignorance is bliss I guess
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Answer 9

because thats what it takes to keep al qaeda off our shores and we dont want or need millions of dollars for peanut storage ok....liberals..gotta love em(sic)