wy wrote:
> On Nov 20, 5:03嚙緘m, Salty Stan <
wsjames...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 20, 3:36嚙緘m, wy <
w...@myself.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Nov 20, 2:20嚙緘m, Salty Stan <
wsjames...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > On Nov 19, 10:18嚙緘m, mg <
mgkel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > On Nov 19, 10:44嚙窮m, "Read what Frederic Bastiat wrote."
> > He's been in office for 4 years...
>
> Yeah, and after Bush's deal ran out in 2011, it was time for Obama to
> pack it in on Iraq.
The war in Iraq was already winding down before Obama came into office,
it was going to end no matter who was president.
<WHACK!>
> Afghanistan is like Vietnam, a harder quagmire to
> get out of for whatever reasons there are that either make sense or
> don't.
Basically, Obama is unable to figure out how to get us out, despite his
campaign promise.
<WHACK!>
>
>
> > > > Didn't Obama's failed "stimulus" package cost MORE than the
> > > > Iraqi war?
> >
> > > No. 嚙磊pfront it cost $800 billion, $28 billion more than the
> > > stimulus, but you'll still be paying for the war, and will be for
> > > another 40 years - up to $4 trillion.
> >
> > According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Iraq War cost $709
> > billion. When the Democrats also took over the White House, they
> > immediately passed an $814-billion "stimulus."
>
> I already gave the updated links. The CBO data is outdated.
No the CBO is the most accurate, your links are bogus.
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>
> >
> > The sum of all the deficits from 2003 through 2010 is $4.73
> > trillion. Subtract the entire Iraq War cost and you still have a
> > sum of $4.02 trillion. The cost of the Iraqi war is comparatively
> > minor in contrast to Obama's $16 trillion debt.
>
> You're not factoring in all the external costs that will be ongoing
> for the Iraq mess. I already gave you the link for that, I can't help
> it if you insist on remaining stupid.
Much of those "external costs" we would pay anyway, whether there was a
war or not. And if you count the "external costs" of Obama's failed
stimulus package, it sky-rockets!
<WHACK!>
>
>
> > >
http://articles.marketwatch.com/2011-12-15/general/30778140_1_iraq
> > > -wa...
> >
> > >
http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/default.aspx
> >
> > > Thank Bush for starting it all.
> >
> > > > > What happens when you cut taxes and don't pay for them?
> >
> > > > When the tax cuts stimulate the economy to the point that the
> > > > government brings in more revenue - then the tax cuts pay for
> > > > themselves.
> >
> > > Doesn't seem to have worked yet. 嚙瘡ow long have the Bush cuts
> > > been in place now?
> >
> > Actually it did - government revenues went up (yes, up) after the
> > tax cuts, in fact government revenue hit a record high under Bush -
> > just before the Democrats took over Congress.
>
> It did nothing to prevent the deficits from going up too.
No, from 2001 onward, the deficit DECREASED every year - until the Dems
took over Congress.
<WHACK!>
> So
> obviously, revenues didn't go up high or fast enough.
So now you admit that the Bush tax cuts worked and increased revenue?
Good for you!
<WHACK!>
>
> >
> > > > > What happens when you pass a new drug program and don't pay
> > > > > for it?
> >
> > > > You learn to stop heaping on new entitlement programs.
> >
> > > But tax cuts for the rich aren't entitlements? 嚙磐eah, okay, I get
> > > it.
> >
> > That's right - they aren't.
>
> You're not proving it.
Prove that tax cuts aren't entitlements? Damn, you are so stupid.
>
> >
> > Well, sorry to trump you so badly in public - but I have an
> > advantage. I watch Fox news and listen to talk radio.
>
> Explains why you're still stupid. And boy, are you ever.
After so, so many <WHACK!> all I can say is
Oh, the irony.