First, can anyone explain to me how Bush got this country in it's current state of $100's of Billion deficits? I mean we had a budget surplus at the beginning of the Bush Administration. Now Bush is talking about cutting the record budget deficits in half? The Debt payment is now 6% of GDP the highest it has ever been! GDP is NOT tax Revenues. In Fact GDP includes Government spending which under Bush and The Republicans are up $1 Trillion, NOT including the OFF-BUDGET spending of the wars!
With Poll:
Do you think the tax cuts should sunset to pay for the Iraq war?
The Iraq war is now costing $9 Billion a month. This is not including reconstruction costs.
In every war Presidents have asked that Americans support and sacrifice for the troops. Bush's idea of supporting the troops is to shop and keep the economy strong?
This is the view from a man who didn't take his own military commitment seriously.
It is time to REALLY support the troops. If the Bush Republicans are not going to enlist to support the Bush war, the least they can do is PAY for it.
Bush keeps talking about making sure the troops have what they need. I agree. To make sure there is ENOUGH money to GIVE the troops what they need, Then it is time to RAISE the money to do this. It is time to allow the tax cuts to sunset. It is the Patriotic thing to do. Pay for the war effort.
It is unfair to ask Working Americans to loose social benefits to pay for the Bush Deficit while the Paris Hilton's get to keep their tax cuts, and America's Civilian Soldiers (the guard and reserves) see their families go on welfare and foreclosures because of inadequate pay and continued redeployments. These men are NOT regular military yet Bush who is unwilling to admit the military is short handed is using these men as a stop gap for this shortage. To few people are baring the burden for Bush's war of choice.
It is time to fairly spread the burden!
Bush is asking for $700,000,000,000 for the war effort. This will probably be OFF Budget! The total Budget without the war effort is $2.3 Trillion. The total deficit on and off budget without allowing the tax cuts to sunset will be almost $1 Trillion.
Bush has lead the country to a dead end in Iraq, and Now Bush is looking to bankrupt the nation with more irresponsible decisions.
Oh by the way, Bush assumes he can balance the Federal Budget by 2012, because in the next few years, the Iraq war costs will be ZERO! This from the same guys who told us Iraq would be paid for by oil revenues.