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Originally Posted by Laker14
This is a slightly different harp. Putting aside whether or not I agree with the war, my question that goes unanswered is :
was there any noise from the fiscal ultra-conservative right wing about paying for it as we go, by raising taxes or whatever other method there might be, rather than deficit spending and thereby "mortgaging our children's future" in order to pay for it?
it's an honest fair question, and there has to be an answer. Do you have one?
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I am not quite sure what point you are trying to make here !
I would doubt if there was much noise from anyone when the Iraq war began. The original cost of, I think, 87B was surely discussed but I think at the time national security took precedence.
Now, over time there was much discussion on the amount of money but most of the debate would end up in the justification for the war.
Now, no matter what the discussion was, we now have a deficit that is light years beyond what it was then and that was done..
1. By nobody in congress even reading the stimulus bill
2. Amid statements by the President that despite this spending he could balance the budget
3. Plans to spend even more money EVEN THOUGH he admits we are out of money.
Then when you add someone like Barney Frank pushing legislation so that any group under indictment could get some of this money (AND that applies ONLY to ACORN) and what I consider a smoke screen...this talking about Iraq as if that money was even in the same league as what is happening in Washdc.
I am trying to understand what your talking about Iraq has to do with what is happening now and if it is ONLY to throw darts at conservative talk show hosts or something...point well taken, but those guys dont make laws or actually spend the money so stop listening to them !