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Originally Posted by saden1
LOL...long winded and unnecessary rant that really goes nowhere, talk about inefficient speech. I want universal healthcare and I'm willing to make the sacrifices necessary to get it...that includes raising taxes, negotiating better drug prices and health services costs through the power of sheer numbers of patients. There is no reason to believe the government can do this. I'm willing to cut the budget and dispense with wasteful spending, the problem is though you and I disagree on what constituents wasteful spending and where cuts can be made. The federal discretionary budget for 2009 was 1182 billion. 799 billion (67.6%) of that went towards military spending and 383 (32.4%) billion of it went towards non-military spending. Guess where I'd like to start saving money?
I know you hate numbers but you really aught to stop digging and move on.
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First, I would cut military spending also, so we could be in agreement on that, why don't you talk to your man Obama and get that started?
Second, I don't hate numbers, I hate over-reaching government.
Third, I am glad you are so willing to sacrifice by having the government raise taxes, but again, the government could take all of your money until you die, and we still would have a massive debt (unless you happen to be Bill Gates, in which case we would only have a major not massive debt). This is not a case of the rich paying for the poor, it is a foolish man running his credit cards to the max, and thinking that he doesn't have to worry about it.