Cash for Clunkers, and Healthcare.

[TheRealMafoo]

Legend11 said:

I think we're both mistaken on one point.  I assumed that most private security forces were very well trained former special forces but in fact most of the ones being talked about as contractors are typically locally trained guards that don't have the amount of training that American soldiers do.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/25/AR2009072501738.html

Also as far as your government being broken, how is it any different from governments in other countries?  Why is it that the U.S. government is the only one that would be unable to manage universal healthcare when it's able to manage all the other things that other governments do?  Did you know that your government pays more per person in healthcare costs than countries with universal healthcare?  I would say given that fact that the U.S. system is broken now and needs to be fixed.

The US can only afford to do the things it can, because other countries loan us money. When that stops, the US as we know it goes away.