iraq war cause of us ecomony slowdown

[Tadao]

Statements like :
"The money being spent on the war each week would be enough to wipe out illiteracy around the world, he said.

Just a few days' funding would be enough to provide health insurance for US children who were not covered, he said."

Are so reckless. People think that that means it is a forever thing, but it usually means that we can build places to learn but can only pay people to teach for 1 day and all the US children get health care for 1 day and then we need more money. Now all the people who want to end the war will be expecting life long miracles and be disapointed when it doesn't happen and we'll be right back to wondering where all this magical money is and loose even more respect for leadership.

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by Tadao

Statements like :
"The money being spent on the war each week would be enough to wipe out illiteracy around the world, he said.

Just a few days' funding would be enough to provide health insurance for US children who were not covered, he said."

Are so reckless.

I think it's meant more to give some meaning to a number that is pretty unimaginable. If you had 100 million dollars and spent one dollar every second, you would come back for more in about 3 years. Doing the same with 100 billion dollars would take you 3 millenia, about the length of recorded history. We're talking 30 times this last amount, which is a pretty enormous figure.

There's no denying that this "police action" is costing the US over 50 times the Bush Admin's original figures. And the figure is still growing.

[Sleazeappeal]

Originally Posted by Tadao

Now all the people who want to end the war will be expecting life long miracles and be disapointed when it doesn't happen and we'll be right back to wondering where all this magical money is and loose even more respect for leadership.

"Magic money" is right. Funny how we can spend money we don't have on killing people in other countries, but not on helping people in our own.

Just once, I'd like to hear about a budget deficit brought on through spending on education.

[Geggy]

One can only dream with what could be the best idea to save the US is to hold the high officials of banks, gas and oil companies and defense contractors accountable for defrauding the government and holding the americans as hostages and then nationalize their lucrative profits.

But I know that wil never be the reality. Impreaching Bush for war crimes would be a nice start. Stop spending money on the war machine and restore social sercurty, edcuation and reform health insurance. with all the money we pour into the war there's no reason why we shouldn't have free college edcuation for everybody who qualifies, have unversial health plan and a nice retirement plan. Babyboomers are turning into eldery the second highest population group after teenagers. Who the hell are going to take care of them? Teenagers are too busy shopping. Everybody else is too busy working supporting their spending habits. Stop worshipping the rich. Americans just passed Japan for having the most work hours. We're stuck in consumerism. We keep buying, buying and buying for stuff we don't need and get second jobs just to have all this junk which they're too busy to enjoy. Corporations need to look after their own people instead of the bottom dollar. Other european countries work 6 hour days, have 6 week paid vacation and have full health plan, they are less stress out, happier and enjoy their lives. They have a better quaitity of life, less illness, less divroce and less crime. They have better maternity leave for both men and women. Here we kick them out of the hospital the day after birth because health insurance doesn't want to pay and give men nothing.