Wars are expensive but limited in duration and require ongoing votes by Congress to keep funding. Socializing health care is a permanent change that once enacted will never require another vote from Congress to keep running.
Refunding FICA to people who already pay no federal income tax is the last step in the transformation of Social Security from a safety net for the elderly, to a government-sponsored retirement program, to a welfare program. I am all for putting money in people's pockets, but it needs to be done in ways that encourage people to work. And just so we're clear about the definition of "massive debt",Congress is talking about spending as much on this one stimulus bill as all funding for Iraq and Afghanistan as of December, 2007. And that's just for starters. On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Larry L wrote: > > And this is different from the Republicans wanting to fund wars by taking > it from the next generation via massive debt? And then claiming that there's > not enough money to take care of the wounded veterans when they come back. > > Given the choice between that and putting money in people's pockets, to me > the choice is obvious. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287082 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
