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RNC thought: How are we supposed to have lower taxes while continuing the war in Iraq?

Posted by con_carne Sep 4 '08, 08:55

I see both ideas are favored by Republicans, but no solution on how this is to be done. Has this been discussed at the RNC? (Is this a naive question?)

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the military overspends on *everything* multiple times over. Also, accounting for some of the "black hole" budget would help. - zork Sep 4, 09:18 3
- Military spending could be cut in half and it would still be too much. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 4, 09:32 1
  - and you could still easily get the same in return from that money -- nm - zork Sep 4, 09:40
- Yes, I think this is still a major problem -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:21
We're 8 trillion in debt. We annually pay more interest than we've spend in Iraq. The American people have proven time and time again, we don't care - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:06 25
- It's the same-old, same-old. But wait! Republicans are about change this year, too! Hmmmm... -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:11
- what do you expect? as long as their congressman can do something for them, it's everyone else's congressman who is the problem. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:11 21
  - Congress should be about working together, but Republicans foster a notion of ME ME ME!! individualism - con_carne Sep 4, 09:15 20
    - Oh please, you can't blame one side and not the other for this mess. We're 28 years into a massive debt explosion. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:17 19
      - Correct, both parties are to blame. I just think the Republicans' mentality of low taxes and war hawking is most responsible for the debt -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:24 4
        
        Bush isn't good by any means. He's anything but wise on budgets. But the Democrats aren't much better. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:25 2
        
        Partisan for the sake of being partisan: Probably. I think I am being extra hatey on the GOP cause of watching the convention. (I am actually angry) -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:32
        
        I think it is time for another American Revolution! -- nm - amoxy Sep 4, 09:29
        
        more accurately, it's their intellectually dishonest approach to spending, including on the war. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:25
      - I thought our budget was balanced and our debt was quite small when Clinton left office. Is that wrong? -- nm - Jim Sep 4, 09:19 12
        
        Clinton had a 2 year time frame Congress and him couldn't spend money quick enough; but teh deficit increased under him. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:21 1
        
        Here's a linkage graph. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:24 [Image]
        
        I thought there was, in fact, a budgetary surplus then but the national debt was still quite large. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 09:20 7
        
        Yeah, when you owe $10k on your credit cards, and you can pay $10 extra over the interest payment, you're still in trouble. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:22 6
        
        ... but it's better than not paying that $10 -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 09:24 5
        
        Really, at least Clinton made the attempt to move us in the right directions - amoxy Sep 4, 09:25
        
        Or not paying at all. -- nm - Jim Sep 4, 09:24 3
        
        Or charging more to that credit card. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 09:28 2
        
        Hello world, I'd like to get an increse on my limit. Thanks. -- nm - USA Sep 4, 09:34 1
        
        Okay! -- nm - US Congress Sep 4, 09:36
        
        our national debt wasn't small, it'd just stopped increasing. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:20 1
        
        deficit vs. debt -- nm - zork Sep 4, 09:21
      - and ironically, the only time we've had a balanced budget was when a democrat was in the white house. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:19
- Someone needs to point out that the debt means that China and Russia own you guys ... that might stir up some motivation to pay it down :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 09:11 1
  - and that deficit == future taxes -- nm - zork Sep 4, 09:20
The "how" hardly matters as long as people hear "lower taxes." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 4, 09:02
My RNC thought was that it was like watching coaching 101. - pmb Sep 4, 09:02
bwahahaaa!!!!! -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:01
the US army is acting like an international police force in Iraq - the country ought to pay them as such - Beryllium Sep 4, 09:00
just keep borrowing from our foreign friends. We'll all be gone by the time it needs to be paid back so it's all good -- nm - Republicans Sep 4, 08:57 1
- heh. ... heh. ... *cries* -- nm - JaxSean Sep 4, 08:59

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