Posted by
Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 6:01:54 PM
Today's stupid idea is wrong at so many levels. A War tax? Are Democrats insane? Or at least Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin? Read about it
here. The line about draining the treasury is extra rich! Do congressman and women balance their own checkbooks or do they have someone to do it for them?
Its not the war that is draining the treasury folks. If there is a underfunded government department, its the military. It is even worse when we are at "peace". Its telling that the only government spending that the liberals worry about is military spending. Never mind the insane amounts of social spending that IS draining the treasury. Or the many pork projects that the government has even less business funding. I think that most people think the largest line item on the federal budget is the military. It isn't by the way. Social Security spending is 9 times larger then the whole military budget (all services combined). It not even close! And SS is ONE program!
I would never vote to increase the budget of any government department except for the military. Liberals want a cheap military so they can have stories of under equipped units and the "low" pay of servicepeople. So they can criticize for those problems again and again. Any way to chip away at the military. Never mind that if we don't have it, we may as well close up shop. The U.S. military is the only reason people can be a liberal (How many liberals are there in places like Iran, that right, none).