ridethemidnightwind asked:


This isn’t meant to be negative to either party, but I want to know from the republicans that if you reduce or eliminate taxes as the your wants.

Where is the money going to come from for the following?

1. Repairing our infrastructure that has been neglected for way to long.
2. Fixing our school systems.
3. Rebuilding our military after 7 years of war, because that equipment is worn out and needs to be replaced.
4. Fixing the financial system and markets.
5. Investing in alternative energy

Which “pet” projects are you willing to give up?
1. Elimination of the multimillion dollar farm bill?
2. Cuts to the military?
3. Cuts to Social Security / Welfare?
4. Cuts to education / medical research / science?

This doesn’t even count the 11 Trillion Dollar debt that we as a nation need to pay off, which comes out to about $33,000 per man, woman and child in the US.

So is the republican truly about “Country First” or is it the party of “My Greed First and ***** the rest”

And be nice in your answers, we have enough mud slinging as it is.
I want to thank you for the answers submitted. I have served on local government and know the budget process. As to the states doing their part – a lot of states will be doing major cuts to their budgets next year, due to decreases in the value of property, local sales and yes using less gas results in a decrease of the road use tax.

Again thanks for your time and answers.

And may our troops be safe.

starrburst2100 asked:


You and me the American taxpayer. What’s it going to take to stop all this ridiculous spending by Congress? Who is in favor of this besides Obama?Are you?

The Global Poverty Act:

* Declares it official U.S. policy to promote the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme global poverty in half by 2015.
* Requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to carry out that policy.
* Includes guidelines for what the strategy should include – from aid, trade, and debt relief, to working with the international community, businesses and NGOs, to ensuring environmental sustainability.
* Requires that the President’s strategy include specific and measurable goals, efforts to be undertaken, benchmarks, and timetables.

* Requires the President to report back to Congress on progress made in the implementation of the global poverty strategy.

But the Obama bill does more than allow the U.N. to tax American citizens. It is more than a matter of legality or illegality. For all practical purposes, it surrenders U.S. political sovereignty and independence to the U.N., an organization most of whose members are actively hostile to the U.S. Has the U.S. ever approved a tax on its citizens imposed by the U.N.? If it has, by what authority? Note that the wording of the Obama bill would require “the president to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy” — which assumes that the office of president is just another mode of tyranny or arbitrary power, no different from the “presidency” of any random tin pot dictatorship or regime.http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5152

Obama’s costly, dangerous and altogether bad bill (S. 2433), which could come up in the Senate any day, is called the Global Poverty Act. It would commit U.S. taxpayers to spend 0.7 percent of our Gross Domestic Product on foreign handouts, which is at least $30 billion over and above the exorbitant and wasted sums we already give away overseas. http://townhall.com/Columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/2008/02/25/congress_contemplates_giving_cash_to_foreigners

In the days ahead, the Global Candidate will cite multinational corporations as the leading exploiters of the world’s poor, with Wall Street’s favorites leading the pack. He’ll call for America to spread its wealth abroad, rather than its weaponry. He’ll summon us to dispatch across the globe the young workers of the Peace Corps, instead of the young warriors of the Marine Corps, as lions lay with lambs, and we beat our swords into plowshares.

All the while, the adoring crowds will grow larger, and more will cry.
For those of you who are posting about the USA spending money on a senseless war in Iraq need to read this because looks to me like You all are spreading Obamas useless talking points instead of looking into whats really going!

KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 34 minutes ago

BAGHDAD – American troops acting on a tip killed the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq — a Moroccan known for his ability to recruit and motivate foreign fighters — in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

The military statement described the man, known as Abu Qaswarah, as a charismatic leader who had trained in Afghanistan and managed to rally al-Qaida followers in Iraq despite U.S. and Iraqi security gains.

WHAT??????????
American troops acting on a tip killed the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq! IN IRAQ…WHAT IS HE DOING THERE? SHUTUP OBAMA! YOU CAN OPEN YOUR MOUTH AGAIN WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOW SOME SUPPORT TO OUR TROOPS!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq