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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
I'm really not getting drawn into a hypothetical which can neither be proven or disproven. My point is simple:
Some in this thread have contended that, because of the money being spent on the GWOT, much needed money is being diverted from social programs and to the war machine. My point is that any government who will overspend $1.4T is not robbing from Peter to pay Paul. They are spending as much as they want on whatever they want.
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The issue is not hypothetical. Real judgments are getting made everyday regarding how money is to be spent. If people including the current administration believed that money is being wasted on the war on terror, I would think they would want it to stop - like right now. But the spending has not stopped, why? In my opinion, the money being spent is perceived to be worth it.
The second part of your post regarding "robbing Peter...", I don't understand. We are not robbing ourselves when we set spending priorities. I actually thought Obama was going to go into office with new priorities, but he did not, he is pretty much in step with Bush. Why are the people who supported and voted for Obama/Democratic Party Controlled Congress letting him/them get away with that?