| fastyxx said: @ mr. stickball You act like the people that are promoting the wars aren't the same people decrying taxation. The very opposite is true I agree the wars are an incredible economic drain. But the Cheney/Rove neo-cons are the ones that want the Bush tax breaks wars = no deficit. Which just is impossible. |
I think you need to consider that there are social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, libertarians (or classical liberals), independent voters and partisan republicans who vote for the republicans; and just because one segment of their supporters favoured both the wars on terror and tax-cuts without spending cuts does not mean that everyone did/does.
I’m not an American but I supported the initial effort in Afghanistan (as did the United Nations and most western countries) because there was a legitimate reason to go to war, I rejected the war in Iraq because I doubted the reason to go to war, and I believe that since the United States choose these wars they have an obligation to remain in both countries until they are stable and secure countries with growing economies and raising standards of living. I am for tax cuts but only if there is a proportional decrease in spending, and I believe that cutting taxes without cutting spending is just as reckless as increasing spending without increasing taxes; and the deficit spending that results from either is more damaging in the long run than the problems you’re trying to solve with the increased spending or decreased taxes.
