As soon as the Tea Party followers and the GOP acknowledge publicly the Cost of War since 2001, I will take them more seriously when they claim to be concerned about government spending, balance budgets, and our children's future. Otherwise, their silence on this particular subject suggests to me they are hiding behind this issue and it only causes me to roll my eyes and think 'racists'. Our outdated infrastructure, failing levees, crumbling bridges, loss of jobs, poor economy, and failing schools could have been repaired/enhanced or, even better, brought into the 21st century with the SURPLUS present at the end of the Clinton administration that was squandered during the last administration on perpetual war.
Not to mention....
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. ~James Madison
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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You make an excellent point! Because most of the Tea Party crowd/GOP form their decisions based on what letter is behind a politician's name, I cannot take them seriously. If any Republican president had laid forth a proposal to fix the roads, railways, etc., conservatives/Republicans would be totally behind it. If anyone opposed such a plan, they'd probably be tagged as unpatriotic.
Malcolm - Good to hear from you again. Selective memory just doesn't set well with me.
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