Juan.©amaney

Unemployment is not as bad? But I thought war was good for the economy, so it shouldn't be bad at all. Housing/oil crisis, well, with all the good the war is doing for the economy, we should all be buying more and more properties!

Get my drift there, mang?

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BackdoorJesus

What he said was that the housing/oil crisis was unrelated to the war, and it is unrelated to the war - it would have happened anyway because housing was going up up up for too long to not have to take a dip sometime. Now is that time.

Futhermore, were we not in a war, unemployment would indeed be far worse than it is now, but as it is, it is in a downturn also due to cyclic trends, not due to the war.

Finally, all this negative attention we want to give the war for impacting our national debt really is disproportionate, when the war impacts that debt so much less than all the social & entitlement (Welfare, MediCare, Medicaid, etc) programs in place that are really tapping out our resources.

Sure the war is a bad thing & yeah it is costing some money - But it is not the biggest drain on our economy nor is it even primarily to blame for our current economic state.

Get MY drift mang???

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Jimi

Some money? Billions upon billions.

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January 2009, the end of an error.

BackdoorJesus

sure.

billions upon billions.

And even at that, the DoD is running well within budget, for the most part...the only time it isn't is when you hear about a random appropriations bill or whatnot being heard on the senate floor, which happens far less often than you probably think.

The govt spends billions & billions all the fucking time & on a lot of things besides a war.

Spare me the bleeding heart bullshit & start addressing all the places we are wasting, and have wasted, our taxpayer dollars besides on your "hot button issue". The war spending is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Jimi

A very useless tip of a very useless iceberg.

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"I don't care if they're black, white, purple or green. Awww hold on now. Purple or green? You gotta draw the line somewhere. To hell with purple people. Unless they're suffocating. Then help them."


January 2009, the end of an error.

Juan.©amaney

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lol later when I'm sober-er I'll chime in on corporate america and the war...being as though I love spreading money around and knowing how many people are keeping their money tight until they know whats going to hapen with the sand lot scuffle.

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