henarl

Two Takes on Obanomics

Rokjok is right - The Republicans choose to borrow and spend while the Democrats choose to tax and spend. The problem is not only the amount of government spending, but what the money is being spent on. The jingoist Republican neo-cons are spending on the military in order to maintain and increase their dreams of empire. The liberal Democrat do-gooders are spending on overly bureaucratic social programs to further their dreams of an idealistic, and unattainable, egalitarian society.
A solution would be to recall our military, not only from Iraq but from all over the world, and eliminate all foreign aid. The proper use of a military is to DEFEND a country from foreign attack, not to build empire. Sending money to other countries when we are going heavily into debt here is ridiculous. As to social programs, they should be aimed at giving people JOBS and paying them to work, not paying welfare queens and unemployment benefits.
Unfortunately, none of this will happen as there are too many vested interests in maintaining the status quo.