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neoblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 06:23 AM
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Why Not Give Each of Us the $20K**
This is from 2003, but it's probably worse instead of better now.
US spending surges to historic level
Vote on gargantuan bill in Congress caps a year of stunning growth in government.
By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
December 08, 2003


"WASHINGTON – President Bush and the Republican-led Congress are spending money at a rate not seen since World War II - and America's expanding war on terrorism isn't the main reason."
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"Federal spending per household is above $20,000 this year - a level not seen since World War II..."

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"While lauding the Bush administration's annual tax cuts, conservatives worry that what will determine taxes in the long run is what Washington spends." You think?

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Okay, if the government spent twenty-thousand dollars** or so on behalf of my household in pursuit of the "Occupation" (remember, it's an "Occupation", not a "War"), that pretty much means it had to borrow that money--and therefore it's now part of our huge, soaring Deficits and un·imaginably-vast Debt.

In any case, if they're going to borrow such money on my account--and make us all and our future generations pay for it (and they will, taxes will have to rise dramatically), I'd rather they gave it to each of us instead of wasting it feeding a bloated military-industrial complex (Militar/Corporate Beast) (enabling them to invade and occupy helpless, albeit annoying, countries). Or, why not at least spend it on an effective fight against terror and it's causes. What would you have them do with the money (assuming we can't stop them from borrowing it in the first place)?

**$20,399
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 06:40 AM
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1. What do conservatives have left to hold on to their stupid voters?
By stupid voters, I mean the ones who claim the reason they vote republican is for smaller government.
What a fucking joke this regime has become, still the media whores will peddle their bullshit like it is roses
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 06:44 AM
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2. Amen to that....
Those who continue to vote Repug at this point suffer from some kind of psychopathy, something that needs to be treated medically rather than with facts and reason.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 07:39 AM
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4. They still say that Pukes stand for less spending with a straight face
It is simply amazing the amount of propaganda that is spewed on a daily basis, and the amount of denial their supporters have to have in order to ignore the facts slapping them in the face every day.
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-20-06 06:53 AM
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3. Wow... they're spending money
I haven't even made yet. These guys are good. :wtf:
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