It's the tax cuts, Stupid!

[RandomGuy]

God God! We better never engage in another war.

Not what I am saying at all.

I AM saying that we need to be a bit more honest about what wars cost.

[RandomGuy]

Not if you are Argentina

Heh, very good case in point for what happens when you DON'T pay off the debt. (shudders)

[01Snake]

Not what I am saying at all.

I AM saying that we need to be a bit more honest about what wars cost.

Fair enough.

[RandomGuy]

Lose this war and you haven't even started to address
the cost of the war. But how would you know. All you
know is Bush sux.

Oh and I am a vet and I wasn't or have been used as
you described.

The real cost of the Iraq occupation will be paid for by increased terrorist activity, even IF Iraq becomes stable.

Remember that National Intelligence Estimate?

Iraq has become an Al Qaeda cause celebre' world wide. Even if we stay and somehow pull a "win" and a stable democratic Iraq out of our asses, we have FAILED in our primary stated goal of "fighting terrorism", because they will twist ANY pullout as a victory, AND will have had YEARS of bad publicity to bash us with in their recruiting drives.

[01.20.09]

We will be paying for Iraq for decades to come.

[boutons_]

No one can show that tax cuts pay for themselves.

To show any effect that tax cuts had on the economy, the tax-cut-independent business cycle would have to be factored out to leave the tax-cut effects.

When taxes were much higher in to 1940s to 60s, the economny grew tremendously anyway, and the income/national wealth distribution was more fair.

[BradLohaus]

This was on Drudge today.

http://www.thestreet.com/_breitbart/...&puc=breitbart

Tax revenues were high during the dot-com bubble as well. I wonder what they'll call this world-wide all encompassing bubble in the future. The dollar bubble I'd suppose.