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Originally Posted by philcski
Sure, sounds great. Big military- how about 20X bigger than the next guy? We're already at 8X. Hell, why not go to 100X? Bigger military than we already have is absurd.
So sending $25 billion to Israel is being generous? Or should we expect people to send that money out of pocket? That's $100 per person. We can do it!
Let me ask you this: how has the effective tax rate changed over the last 30 years? How much do you expect your taxes to increase for 2011?
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philcski - will you please stop "spinning". I originally responded on this issue to a poster who said, "Cut the defense budget by 50%". That's what's absurd. We frankly don't know how big China's or Iran's military arsenal is. We've already learned that all it takes is about a dozen nut cases and 3 highjacked airliners to take out several thousand people in the matter of a couple of hours. Military spending goes beyond weaponry and manpower. There's state of the art intelligence and keeping up with techology and highly technical people to manage such. That does not necessarily mean we have to increase the budget to increase the size. If those fat butt bureaucrats would just stay the heck out of the way of the military professionals and let them do their job and stop throwing monkey wrenches into the process passing ridiculous rules and regulations about where, how, and why desperately needed items are bought, the military would work more efficiently and do their job better.
And, the private sector and corporations have and continue to send money to Israel. I wonder how long that will be allowed. Talk about hate! Obama has shown nothing but disdain for Israel.
How much will my taxes be increased? I know that VAT is on the table, but I really can't imagine what else BO has on his taxation agenda. I continue to be astounded by his actions on a daily basis.
"I will not raise your taxes."
No, maybe he won't, but he'll find a dozen or more way to institute new taxes.
As long as you're so big at asking questions, let me ask you a question. How's that hopey changey BO thing working out for you?