The bush tax cuts make up a yearly 333 billion dollar unfunded cost. plus the 3 off book wars another 4 or 5 hundred billion. Our defense makes up 63% of the yearly 1.415 trillion budget, thats 895 billion. cut it by 2/3’s and we’re still number one, still the biggest, and we give up being in alot of countries we dont need to be. Then it would only be 20% of the yearly budget. Thats a savings of 1.728 trillion a year a nice chunk of which wasnt even funded. Raise some revenues and OMFG, things look a lot better. it wont happen, because money talks so lobbyists can walk and all these elected idiots play for that same team.
The bush tax cuts make up a yearly 333 billion dollar unfunded cost. plus the 3 off book wars another 4 or 5 hundred billion. Our defense makes up 63% of the yearly 1.415 trillion budget, thats 895 billion. cut it by 2/3’s and we’re still number one, still the biggest, and we give up being in alot of countries we dont need to be. Then it would only be 20% of the yearly budget. Thats a savings of 1.728 trillion a year a nice chunk of which wasnt even funded. Raise some revenues and OMFG, things look a lot better. it wont happen, because money talks so lobbyists can walk and all these elected idiots play for that same team.
Even if it is partisan, this is the way the game is played now. everyone is running around lamenting when its their guy, Soros, Weiner, Murdoch, etc, etc. and yet they turn right around and use the knife they got out of thier own backs to stab the next guy. Perhaps its because the power on both sides isnt int he hands of the actual ideologies constiuents? Day after day I have to say it again and again… two party politics is toxic and poisoned. It wont stop will we reform and change the actual political system even if that means half the time what you want, in either direction, isnt whats decided… it’s called democracy and right now, I’m not sure we really have it. Money is not free speech man.
@jack thats because alot of just dont agree guy. as in, we think YOUR wrong, imagine that