The Republicans love to see America going to war and cut taxes, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The Democrats are okay with America going to war and want to spend money on social services. But now, even the Democrats are talking about restructuring Social Security.
Taxes started with the American civil war and the tax code took off with World War II. While these wars were worth fighting, the wars President Bush started in Afghanistan and Iraq were not worthwhile. Afghanistan was a disaster for the Russians and should have been a lesson for us. It would’ve been cheaper and easier to send them a few bombs. Iraq was a stable country that could not threaten us. Even President George H. W. Bush knew to stay out of Iraq.
Instead of starting a war in Afghanistan, President Bush should have spent the money on defense and development of weapons such as drones. After spending $1 trillion in Iraq, nothing has been done to protect American ports and borders.
Most people don’t realize it, but we have been spending money to fight a drug war in South America for many years. This money would be far better spent on protecting our borders. More recently, Mexico is becoming a major threat and violence has been crossing the border into America. Because the federal government doesn’t want to spend money protecting the border, homeowners have had to form civilian patrols. Unfortunately, they are ill-equipped and the violence is now extending far beyond the border into America.
Now, President Obama is spending more money on the civil war in Libya. President Obama may not want to call it a war but we are spending money to kill people and there is no other word for it. There is no doubt that this will spread to many other Arab countries and probably even Iran. What about Pakistan?
Not only has the Afghanistan and Iraq cost trillions of dollars but many Americans have been killed and even more Americans have been horribly disabled which also costs an enormous amount of money for medical treatment.
The only thing I never hear politicians talk about cutting is war. If the idiot politicians could stop starting one war after another, we could have spent a few trillion dollars on military readiness, defense, Social Security and have Medicare for everyone regardless of age. We should think defense instead of offense.
