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Almost Every GOP Presidential Candidate Will Add To The Debt With More War
After watching the latest Republican debate, I realized that if any of these candidates won, with the exception of Huntsman and Paul, we will be at war with Iran. This article isn’t meant to spur debate on foreign policy, but fiscal policy.
Michele Bachmann, Willard Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Rick Perry all indicated in the South Carolina debate that if they are President, a war against Iran will most likely happen.
These 5 candidates have been very vocal regarding our national debt. In fact, Willard Mitt Romney wants to give vouchers to people on Medicare and our Veterans. They all oppose the President’s job’s bill, which is fully paid for, but these candidates will have no problem adding to the national debt to fight a war. Sounds familiar right?
They have two choices in regards to paying for a possible war with Iran, either raise taxes to pay for it or cut social programs to offset it. The latter will have no impact on the wealthy, so we can strongly assume the latter path will be taken. Unless they push aside their “fiscally conservative” ideals and borrow money and add to the debt at which point, we need to watch the Tea Party’s movements, or lack there of.
The Republican candidates will not borrow a penny to rebuild America, they oppose raising taxes by 0.7% on millionaires and billionaires in order to pay for new infrastructure, but they will borrow, possibly trillions, to fight a war against Iran. This is absolutely anti-patriotism.
Will the Tea Party stand up and protest this spending with the same veracity as they did in 2009 against the “so called” spending problem or will they sit on the sidelines like they did for 8 years of borrowing to fight two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the next “Beckistan 9/12 rally”, because unless they support Ron Paul, the rest of the Tea Party will be content, because “their guy” is in office. They only oppose spending that helps people. If it’s war spending, they wrap themselves in the flag, sing patriotic songs and denounce anyone who opposes the President’s war efforts.
This is once again a sign that Republicans will continue to borrow to spend on wars, but not spend to help America. They will cut every thread of America’s social safety net, which ONLY hurts the poor, the elderly and the working class. The cuts will not effect the wealthy and multinational corporations at all.
We know the Tea Party will support the Republican, no matter what, which indicates they aren’t independent and they don’t even care about the national debt if the borrowing is going to fund hell fire missiles and not healthcare. It is time for America to foreclose on the Tea Party and evict them from the people’s house.
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Reynardine
Nov. 13th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
“War is peace”. Orwell wrote that over sixty years ago. It’s a way of keeping “the little people” laboring without enriching them, of upping “productivity” without getting them “too comfortable” (and therefore uppity); it’s a way of keeping the birthrate high (and therefore women subjugated) while using up and killing off excess youth who might otherwise become rebellious; it’s a way of demanding unquestioning allegience to a sovereign that neither returns nor deserves any . Of course these people want war; this is what they like (besides oil)
Matt Dunham
Nov. 13th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Well said, snowball
Reynardine
Nov. 13th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Snowball, huh?
Maple
Nov. 13th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Orwell was much too prescient for my liking! I remember reading 1984 long before 1984 came about, and thinking “What is this guy smoking? Could never happen”. Perhaps these Repub idiots need to be given a copy as prep for another debate to discuss the implications of Orwell’s novel.
Ray Newland
Nov. 13th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
Reynardine has it exactly right. That’s why we should all register Republican and vote for Ron Paul. He’s the only candidate this year opposed to war.
Jim Faubel
Nov. 13th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
With the exception of Ron Paul, have the Republicans ever met a war they didn’t like? …Oh, yes, I forgot, when a Democrat is in the WH, then suddenly they don’t like war.
ceez
Nov. 13th, 2011 at 7:11 pm
so the fiscally responsible players want more expensive wars!??! really? these are the things you go for to have your base like you and possibly win the nomination. how lame.
Steve
Nov. 19th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
That’s why I am voting for Ron Paul in my states open primary. Register GOP if your state isn’t open, you can still vote for Obama in the general election after voting for Paul in the primary. I figure if Obama does lose to the GOP, we at least want someone who won’t start a war with Iran.
Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 19th, 2011 at 11:09 pm
I think war with Iran is the least of the worrys. There will be no support for such a war. The candidates are just pumping themselves up, they know the people will not pay for such a war. Simply because the US would go it alone and cost trillions
I don’t even want Paul as a guest in the whitehouse
Ray
Nov. 22nd, 2011 at 10:27 am
It is amazing to me that you all forget Dems sent us to WWI, WWII, Korea, Veitnam, Bosina, and Somalia. The current president has been killing people in Pakistan and got us envolved with Libya. I am by no means defending the GOP because they got us into Iraq and Afghanistan which are completely stupid. Both parties love war.
Deborah Montesano
Nov. 25th, 2011 at 10:00 pm
Ron Paul really caught my ear on this issue! I don’t want him to be President…but Secretary of State? Hmmm. Take a look at my reasoning in “Why is Ron Paul Making Sense?”, thepoliticali.blogspot.co....