Quote: (11-08-2012 04:40 AM)oldnemesis Wrote:
So then why everyone complaining we're in debt and need cut spending? After all, we can afford spending 100B a year for a war.
There are many causes, but if 100B a year is not a waste for you, I definitely wouldn't trust you with any cuts.
Great point. Actually, about the debt... there was another question, asking you how the conservatives handled the debt in 2001-2009 when they were in power. Did you somehow miss it?
The Iraq War was not really necessary in my opinion, and I disagree with how the Afghan war was run. Since America has won the Cold War, I basically reject the idea of spending more than 3% at most on defence. We need to save our money for China. So I agree with you.
But 100bn is not that big a deal in the big picture. That's my point. About 1% of total output. If the government had NO other spending than defence, the taxes required to fund that war would've been minimal.
GWB was a disaster - for America and for the Republicans most of all. Just look? He's probably the main reason Romney lost! But I wouldn't call him a conservative after seeing how he ran things. A true conservative wouldn't have done it that way. GWB was a sell-out to the progressives, he did progressive things, and was basically hopeless.
A year from now you'll wish you started today