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Originally Posted by karl262
Other historical signs of authoritarianism rising are governments running up insurmountable debts, contracting its overseas commitments, and turning a suspicious eye on its own population. So its a good thing that at least this isn't happening right now  |
Well, the deficit has dropped by nearly 1 trillion a year (1.5 in 2009 to 650 billion now). It's not fixed, but there are things that could help knock that down further. Ending Afghanistan would knock 100 billion a year off alone, let alone reducing the military a bit because of the lack of having any current conflicts to fight. Amusingly, Obamacare itself will reduce the deficit by about 200 billion over the next ten year, both from savings and some small tax increases on the the top 1%.
With contracting overseas commitments, what are you talking about? Does it have to do with the fact that they aren't bombing everyone in the middle east?
The spying is the biggest concern of mine on that list and it is a very worrying sign that needs to be addressed.