Glenn Beck

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Princess Doreen

Technology and keeping up with it costs a LOT of money. It's probably more expensive than weaponry.

Don't ever think for a minute that China and/or Iran won't go to war with us or practice some form of terrorism.

I already said that Obama will probably hold true to his promise of not raising taxes, but new taxes will be imposed. How do you explain VAT being proposed. That's not in place of any current tax. It's a NEW tax.

I don't have much hope for the future of this country if it stays on its current socialistic, big government, tax, tax, tax, screw the military agenda. But, it's not my future any longer. Hopefully, the changes won't affect me given my "old" age. But, I'm happy to hear that you are comfortable with the way things are going. I hope you continue on the path to success, financial stability, and well-being.

There is a 0% chance China would ever attack us. NONE. We account for approximately 20-25% of their GDP in terms of direct investments and exports. It would be a social and economic debacle of historic proportions.

Weaponry hasn't changed much in 40 years since Vietnam. The M16A1 rifle still remains the stock over the shoulder choice, why do we continue to buy new ones? The Browning .50 Caliber has been the heavy machine gun of choice since WWII and still in use with very little improvements, why do we need to buy new ones? The M48 Patton has been the tank of choice for years, and still works just fine, why spend money developing new ones? How about spending that money on retraining foot soldiers as antiterrorism information agents? Computers cost $500 apiece these days. Developing information databases and spy software isn't expensive in relative terms. If our military costs were cut in half we'd still have far and away the best and most powerful armed forces in the world by an exponential amount.

There is nothing socialistic about this country. 10% of the country still controls 80% of the wealth, which is as anti-socialistic ideals as you can get.

The biggest government program by all measures is the military. So how can you say we have "big government" and the military "is getting screwed" at the same time?!? How can we spend more money without raising taxes? Where does it get saved or redistributed?

VAT has no chance of getting passed in the next 5-10 years. It's a buzzword to get people riled up.