Most Americans Blame Wars For Federal Debt !

Thats Funny, I blame you and your party's war on inteligance and decency for that problem.....

And Obama extension of Bush tax cuts?

Out of touch typical Elitist, Nit-Wit Romney is a farce. The guy made his millions by buying company's stripping employees outsourcing jobs and assets and then selling off the company's! He's good for America? Don't think so.

oh the thing I like the most about him is how he created an identical healthcare system to the president's but claims it's different. Really? and how does one square that while governor of a fairly liberal state you were also pro-choice, but now pro-life?

GD hypocrite of the highest order.

Agree 100%

Just to let you know, mitt is from michigan and he has NEVER held a job. In fact, he is the perfect example of a spoiled little rich kid that gets whatever he wants, all the time.

What about the bailout that his old man got when they formed "American Motors"?

mitt is a hypocrite.

Nope ur in denial, tax cuts don't hurt the economy - they help the economy.
No logical person disputes that Obama policies are keeping us in the hole.

You just can't make war with those that produce the jobs, revenue, and energy and expect them to conduct business as usual.
If anyone but a progressive were president, this recession would be a memory already.

percents are irrelevant. its really all about corruption, greed and lack of transparency. and i know, war is only valid with a democrat in office. peace

Tax dollars spent on the MIC? When did the government start paying the bill for the wars? I thought they were still swiping that credit card and will keep spending until it's maxed out. China, Japan and the Arab countries haven't sent us the itemized bill yet. They're calculating the amount we'll have to fork over for the interest payment alone. And as we speak, the public union pension funds are being robbed of their money to keep the lights on which will leave them just as empty as that SS Fund they kept putting those worthless I.O.U.s in as they raped that account.

The financial balancing act of the century is about to be brought out to the middle ring of the three ring circus we call The Deficit as the Treasury begins to rob Peter to pay Paul so the Federal government can limp along for the next couple of years. Until after the presidential election of 2012. Then all Hell is going to break loose and there isn't a thing you or I can do about it.

Well. There are a few things we can do. Buy Spam. Lots and lots of Spam. And canned fruit. I love fruit. Powdered milk. Add water, stir and voila! Nasty tasting wet, powdered milk!

Good luck.

That "War On Terrorism" they speak of includes what we've done here at home with the TSA, Homeland Security, Border Patrol, the alphabet soup agencies i.e., CIA, NIC, etc., etc., and the money it costs to maintain a military even before September 11th. There are two things going on simultaneously. The "War On Terrorism" and the "Two Wars" we fight in Afghanistan and Iraq. But the ACTUAL paying for the efforts of invading first Afghanistan and then Iraq? No, mon ami. We haven't begun to repay that bill. Remember, that's the one we are deferring until a future time to settle because that's what is going on that Big Credit Card that's financed by China, Japan, and Arab countries. What else does our government mean when they tell us that the cost of these two wars are being "borrowed", eh? Why are we borrowing money from foreign countries if we are using tax dollars to pay for the war efforts? And how are we paying for the bombs to drop on Libya and Yemen? The government is robbing pension funds to keep the lights on in the Capitol now. There is no place else to get money to pay the monthly bills for war.

Think about it.

I am all too aware of all of the points you are bringing up but you're in denial that our taxes pay anything toward the endless war scenario - that's simply not true. I said in my last response that it is a valid question how much of the war effort is paid for on credit, especially since there has always been a percentage of Federal Tax Revenue claimed for paying off past military misadventures.

I think we've beaten that horse enough. Besides, you or I will never be allowed to see the REAL books on the War on Terror! It's been classified as a National Security/Need To Know issue. Top, top secret. I doubt the President knows or has access to all of it.

Let's agree that this fiasco has cost us too much in money let alone in lives lost or ruined through injuries.

I say on dollar spent was one dollar too much.

Very, very well said! There was a big move on early in the 20th century that had this mantra that almost seceded! Seems as if, when we get close to eliminating the FED leaders get killed!

i know right? now tell that to obama!

where?

You are right and that is what the education system is since the US department of Education took over the national education. The goal is to keep the American stupid so that the Goverment and their wealthy bosses can continue to lie and cheat and murder as well as to control the world through continous war and bloodshed and profits for these wars. If the USA were tro tell France, England to get lost the world would find itself returning to its own. At this very moment there are plans in Switzerland to capture Henry Kissinger the father of Viet Nam War and any of the Bush parties arriving for the Bilderburger meeting this month and to indict and try these people for the war crimes the USA should have done in the past. Recently George Bush canceled a trip to Switzerland because he was informed that he would be captured and indicted for war crimes if he should ever show up in Switzerland and I am pretty sure they would face the same in Spain.

especially those on the left

Agreed, now where's my Dancing with the Stars?

You forgot to mention the most gullible.

Yes we have given a lot to the MIC, and now they want our future!

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actually they cant afford it, some are considering dropping it...The European Experience
Recently, The Heritage Foundation, in conjunction with the Centre for the New Europe (CNE), a prominent European public policy institution based in Brussels, Belgium, 2 held an international conference in Washington on precisely what Americans can learn from the European experience in health care and pension policy. With the kind assistance of Hardy Bouillon, President of the Centre, the presentations at the Heritage-CNE forum offer American policy experts a keen idea of:

What works and doesn't work in practice,
What steps are being taken to improve European health care systems, and
What key lessons the European experience holds for Congress, state legislators, and the American people with respect to the reform of public health care programs.

The advice comes from an impressive array of European health care policy experts: Philippe Manière of France, David Green of Great Britain, Paul Belien of Belgium, Johan Hjertqvist of Sweden, and Friedrich Breyer of Germany.

Some Surprises
Americans will probably be surprised to learn from the remarks that follow that Switzerland's health care system relies almost entirely on a system of private insurance. They might be surprised to learn that there is a growing reliance on the private sector in the financing and delivery of health care in Europe, particularly in the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden. Even the labor government in Britain has entered into an agreement with representatives of the private health care industry to improve health care delivery in certain vital areas.

Reforms in Europe, where they are diligently pursued, have taken on a certain urgency. A major factor affecting recent health care policy making in Europe, including Privatization efforts, is the rapid aging of the European population. Continental Europe is comprised largely of countries that have rapidly aging populations. Although life expectancy has increased, fertility rates have decreased, and much of Europe faces demographic stagnation. This unfavorable ratio of old to young persons is far worse in major European nations than in either Canada or the United States.

The unfavorable shift in the demographic balance is particularly rapid in France and Germany, and will impose tremendous financial pressures on their existing health care-social security arrangements. America's Medicare and Social Security reformers should take note.

Some Lessons
For Members of Congress and state legislators, there are some valuable lessons from the European experience that should be less surprising.

If you insist on government management of the health care system, do not expect freedom from waste, inefficiency, or inequity in the delivery of care (look at France).
If you want to promise citizens a national or state program of universal insurance coverage, don't expect that you will be able to deliver universal access to high-quality health care. You won't and you can't (look at Britain).
If you want to fix prices for medical services, prescription drugs, or other medical devices, don't expect demand for these goods and services to be met or investment in research and development to continue apace. It won't (look anywhere).
If you insist, with a straight face, that in a government-run health care system, all of your fellow citizens will be treated equally -- regardless of their class, station in life, or disease condition -- you are not merely enthusiastic or well intentioned. You are lying. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Lecture/Perspectives-on-the-European-Health-Car...

Ummm...because we pay their defense bills?

Interesting, BUT our culture is a lot diffrent than that of europe. For instance, it is rare that executives of most corporations to recieve the type of compensation that they do here. I cannot imagine that the privately run health insurance company in switzerland allows its CEO to make 1.5 BILLION per year like the head of the United Health Grioup does. In fact< Switzerland has a population that is entirely armed. Anyone in the military has thier weaponry right in thier house. Here in 'Amerika" we allow these assholes to take as much as they want from our monthly payments, which for me, would allow me to lease a
Porsche for the same amount (for CRAP insurance). AND "they" still want want to take our guns.

Once again, had that asshole raygun not had the destruction of America in his sights,
our health care system would not be so fucked up. Prior to that idiot and his enablers,
most all hospitals were COUNTY OWNED. And I only paid a A SMALL percentage of my pay for insurance.

But forget all of these liberal attacks by me. If the health community is so fucking smart, why havent they cured cancer yet and why do they insist on torturing people that refuse to be experimented on with their so-called cures for cancer?

The problem here is the lack of morals by our "leaders".

you make some good and valid points. the destruction of america has really been a bi-partisan effort though. some leaders better at it than others. there is no money to be made in curing disease and more to be made in research. almost every deed led by politician or private corporation comes down to show me the money.

Sounds about right!

a good question to ask your president as he continues to expand american war power throughout the middle east

They better wake up soon!

..... right... because jesus encouraged leaving the poor to fend for themselves and starting unneccessary wars

Bibles in their hands but none of the teachings in their hearts.

and what does obama exploit? covert military actions in yemen and libya!

like in libya and yemen?

This point really bothers me. You are so right.

Obama seems to be exploiting a lot of Republican messes .

i know right? exploiting some he's inherited and creating a mess of his own. must be a topsy turvy world for him

This point can never be made enough times. Republicans since 2006 have used the filibuster more times than ever before in the history of America. 2 tax cuts, medicare part D, 2 wars with no way of getting out of and not paid for. The first time ever tax cuts were enacted during a time of war. Using the right wing radio network and Fox News to scare people and lie.

whats all that have to do with the current warmonger in chief, his own set of lies, lack of transparency and his corrupt cabinet?

Lets compare Obama lies to Bush and McConnel and Cheney and Karl Rove and Eric Cantor lies. Lets look at what the Republicans have managed to do to America. Look at how effectively they are playing politics to keep Obama from improving things. I believe he is trying to improve things. I dont agree with everything he does but he is better than any Republican. IMO.

lies, corruption, misdirection, lack of transparancy, hypocrisy, greed, self service. not limited to one party. obama is no different then the rest, although possibly worse in some ways since he's a better bamboozler than most. a lot of folks voted for him for the wrong reasons. i'm not so sure his popularity would have been quite as strong had he been just your average everyday cracker democrat. although clinton had people pretty well hoodwinked as well

Politics are politics. I am not defending politics. But there is no way in hell the Dems are as bad as Republicans. No way in hell.

well thats also kinda subjective as you have a lot of repubs sayin the same things about demo's. having been raised a liberal but finally getting a brain and moving to the right myself, i have lived in both worlds. i find more honesty in conservatives than liberals. libs are good at lip service but few are truly sincere and suffer from more misplaced guilt than any person should be allowed

This is a pretty sad comment. No one with any common sense moves to the right anymore. You so have your ideology backwards. Republicans are all lip service and there are no individuals in the Republican party . Those that publicly represent the Republican party are borderline anti American. They do not care about the middle class. They do not care about jobs. They do not care about the poor except that it is a tax deduction. Just take a step back and look at the major issues and where the 2 parties stand. It is clearly obvious. Republicans support the rich, multi national corporations, big banks. They do what they are told. Just follow voting patterns. Every so often a few Republicans switch their votes but not very often.

you really ought to do some in depth soul searching and find where your honesty ends and your rhetoric begins.

What you need to do is read a little bit and do some research and find out for yourself how wrong you are. This is a typical response from someone that is information deficient. The facts are out there, the rhetoric by the right happens every day. I just heard one of the sunday shows that the period from 2000 to 2007 was the worst jobs numbers since the great depression. Look this kind of stuff up and learn a little. I do not defend the Dems on everything they do but I an critical of everything the Republicans are trying to do to this country . So is Glen Beck your inspiration or Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity or John Boehner. These people are just a few of the professional jack asses that represent the Republicans. Come back with anything . What are the Republicans good for. Anything.

you know whats really funny. the shit you watch on the left wing liberal main stream media is just as slanted and biased as the shit you claim the fox pundits and talk radio are guilty of. ya gotta wonder why the leftylibs are unsuccessful at talk radio and fox is the most popular news network world wide. not everything the right says is true, but dont give your hate filled biased alphabet soup channels too much credit either. you guys essentially put a dishonest criminal in office so fess up and quit blaming your party's and your lousy presidents failures on the right, its getting kinda old.

You are seriously out to lunch. You could not be more wrong. There is bias but that goes on both sides. But the content is what make the difference. The right wing has no truth to go on anymore. I have been following this stuff for over 6 years now. You match the mainstream left talkers vs the right wing talkers and there is no comparison. The Republicans have no successes. They have no accomplishments. They have done nothing for the middle class except hurt it. They continue to fear monger and lie. Fox News is a joke. Bush was the worst president this country has had in the modern era. The only reason why people like Rush Limbaugh get so much money is because that fat SOB loudmouth can lie and still sleep at night. The right wing is a fraud. Right wing ignorance is getting old. Fact after fact after fact is presented how trickle down economic is a failure , tax cuts for the rich did not work, de regulation does not work, the top 1% has continued to prosper while the middle class has been destroyed. How much more obvious do things have to get before people pull their heads out of their asses. Republicans want to destroy medicare, they want to privatize schools for profit, for profit prisons, for profit social security, Wall street run amok. You have no argument. You have no facts to argue. You have no point.

there is more incentive and motivation when profit is thrown into the equation so i dont see any problem there but let me know when obama has some successes will ya? bin laden doesnt count unless you want to include obamas implementation of and continued support of bush war on terror policies. and dont forget his hawkish war expansions in libya and yemen! peace out

I get so sick and tired of people that make a comment when they can use their computer and find out for themselves. Google or Bing Obama accomplishments. That is just pure lazy. Fox News and the right wing talking heads have made up most of the criticism towards Obama. Granted there are things that are debatable but my goodness. Republicans have used the filibuster more times since 2006 when they were booted to the minority in the history of America. They were the ones that chose McCain and dumb ass Palin to be their candidates. They are to blame for Obama getting elected. But then again the Republicans still have nothing to run on . Abortion and anti gay . Really . The economy is in the crapper, unemployment is high. Republicans have the house back and they have done nothing for jobs but have went after Gay and abortion issues.

seems to be a central focus by the left as well. but you are right, the right havent fashioned any kind of political platform that i can see. if they dont we're stuck with 4 more years of a failing economy

All very well said, and thank you for your service!

With barbecue sauce!

It would take a lot more than barbecue sauce to get rid of that taste. Plus, I'd never put anything that nasty on my pit.

LOL, yes you are right!

be the rich is a better option. but it requires more hard work and dedication than most lazy americans are willing to put out. government handouts for all!

not to mention the presidents believability and integrity

cant really blame libya and obamas covert actions in yemen on bush now can you?

Wow! Did I say wow? My fingers were bleeding from all the typing, copying and pasting through the years passing this video on to whoever would watch it. It makes my heart skip a beat knowing there are others out here that is spreading the news of who we should be and not what big business with a complicit government forces upon us through subterfuge by way of waving an American flag while calling for men to go off to fight wars for profit! The greedy bastards!

Bravo.

And BRAVO! to you! Keep up the effort. It is time to make all of the bastartds involved pay for what they have done to OUR country.

Very well said scooter!

That and developing sophisticated surveillance and military equipment to be used on us the unruly activists workers unions and anyone else who speaks out they'll say it's for drug cartels (uh,...cia) ;)

Thanks, kenny.

True, figgdimension. They certainly used their presidency to create the police state that now exists and trample everyone's civil liberties in the name of security. Quite a sleight of hand was played upon us.

...and these two, among others cannot die fast enough for me

including obama and biden?

My dad had a saying for people like this. "The Devil don't want 'em" so they punish us with a living purgatory.

The Black Hand is quicker than the eye.

Quite true, PressCore and we have witnessed it many times.

On this I agree with you. But I'm still not sold on FEMA camps.

All very good points my friend!