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Originally Posted by PIMking
If I'm reading this right I have two issues:
1) military spending isn't that bad, Think of it this way, the business center isn't located in Vietnam or India like Nike and Microsoft. So in affect keeping the money at home. It doesn't mean that you have to be at war, but being ready for action would be nice too. (thanks Clinton)
2) Raise taxes? really? haven't we learned enough from history about raising taxes? Romans did that and the rich took their money elsewhere. When the money and the rich are gone and your "tax profit" is down due to the people that did have money are now gone.
Mr. Obama and his 200 million/day trip to Mumbai are great for the deficit too....
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So instead of spending all the money on military which is a complete falsehood that it stays at home as I am sure you have heard of the bases that are all over the planet.
But I cant believe that you think the amount of money spent is not too bad.
Do you know that out of the 13 biggest armies in the world 11 of them are on our side?
Did you know that the US airforce is the largest airforce in the world? and the second biggest is the US Navy?
The US military budget is 50% of the entire planets military budget.
The US military can whip anybody it is not even close.
I believe they are ready for action and then some. It's like Bill Gates cutting coupons, you got enough already.
How do you justify that when you have underfunded schools?
I also can't believe americans complain about high taxes when they pay squat compared to the rest of the industrialized world as a matter of fact 22 of the first world nations people pay more.
Americans start wars,have aircraft carrriers, domed stadiums, and want more prisons and yet they dont want more taxes? The rich didn't leave america when the wealthy tax rate was at 39% during Reagan and they won't leave now.