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Originally Posted by Pete F.
The top-line figure is $3.5 trillion. That's a package of investments that could bring $2 trillion in new revenue and savings, yielding net cost of $1.5 trillion over 10 years. Annualized, that amount is less than three Pentagon contractors got last year.
And remember, we are out of Afghanistan
"could bring" . . . "over 10 years"--sounds iffy and sketchy. Sounds like the same rosy possibilities that have been forecast for previous spending bills, but the debt somehow kept rising anyway. Getting out of Afghanistan maybe, possibly, coulda woulda shouda, save us money, or cost us in aftermath problems which will cost more money again.
And getting out of something doesn't guarantee that we won't get into more somethings. And many of us have stopped believing government's rosy promises/lies.
U.S spent 5.8 trillion in Afghanistan & trillions in Iraq. Past time to invest in Americans-infrastructure, technology, child care, education, energy,health, drinkable water etc. Returns will abound in a prospering nation.The rich can pay taxes, they agree
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And that "Past time to invest" thingy is the getting into more somethings that is guarantied to happen unless the federal government actually gets out of most of those things and constitutionally lets the states do them.
Ain't gonna happen unless the federal government is forced to massively cut spending instead of spending beyond its means. And constant borrowing is not a feasible means.
And the money it borrows to do wonderful sounding things (for which it was not constitutionally designed to do) winds up in the pockets of the rich and powerful who you claim is strangling the government. (With various kickbacks to the political Mafia, of course.)