| damkira said: A lot of that stuff will be affordable by pulling out of the iraqi civil war... its costing hundreds of billions of dollars that would best be spent toward domestic priorities. Obama will NOT raise taxes on people who earn less than $250k a year, which is 95% of the population.
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Not true. The cost of to the Defense department last year was 50 billion more then in 2001 (before we went to any war). Aside from the fact that Obama wants to raise the troop count by 92,000 people, put more troops in Afghanistan, he has 1 talking point (50 billion into the economy to help low income workers) that takes all the money he will save from pulling out of Iraq.
The war cost a lot when you are flying missions, and doing lots of operations, but when you are in peace keeping mode, it cost a lot less. Not as many ordnance being expended, fuel being used... remember, we have to pay and feed the troops no matter where they are. Having them deployed somewhere is an expense, but not the expense everyone touts.
The only reason you say he won't raise taxes, is because he says he won't. He says a lot of things, most he can't deliver. Why is the tax one the one you believe?
