One reason why politics isn't discussed that much on here is because people definitely get downright upset when the real arguments start. It ends up driving some people off the list. Every now and then it's okay, but during the last election cycle it was unbelievable. This particular thread has been somewhat benign, but wait until someone gets on here and bashes the views of the majority of people on this list.
I encourage everyone that is upset about the cost of this war to share that view with your congressperson and Senator. If this war ended tomorrow, which is definitely not going to happen, it would still end up costing us billions of dollars a year. How? The disabled veterans and those with psychological impairment. As someone said, we are a debtor nation and right now our present has been mortgaged to our grandchildren's children. A tax cut, which interestingly enough Senator McCain rightfully rejected initially, during a time of war. Never in our history have we been that asinine. The gap between the really rich and the poor has only increased. The trickle down theory was disproved a long time ago, I don't know why people still tend to believe it still works. Just my two cents. Quadius On 4/11/08, Tod E. Santee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Danny! > > From what I understand the typical "pork barrel" spending (i.e. earmarks) > are a miniscule part of Congressional spending. The majority of it is > currently war spending and regular budgeting that's been necessary for > running our country--which includes all the interest we paid to other > countries to which were in debt. > > As for what we spend in Iraq, I understand we spend the same amount there > in 3 weeks as we've spent in all six years in Afghanistan, a country that > really was involved in 9/11. > > (I love talking politics and I've been surprised not to see much of it > here. It used to get quite heated when I was here before.) > > Best regards, > Tod > ---- Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey everyone, I was watching some program last night that said we are > spending 5,000 dollars every second 7 days a week on the IRAQ war. In > addition to that ---the American defecit is costing about a Million Dollars > a Minute JUST FOR THE INTEREST PAYMENT ONLY ! Why can't our government > cut back for a while and PAY down some on that defecit so a large part of > our tax money don't go to DEFECIT INTEREST payments ?? Man if we ran OUR > households in this way---------we would all be bankrupt. It's really sad the > shape we are getting into--------- We all must balance our checkbooks or be > homeless........ Do any of you think or worry about our future with the > needless pork and waste our congress keeps approving??? I know I > do. > Dan > H. > >
