Hey Numbnuts!! Don't try to shit an old shitter. We have troops in 170 countries of this world and the last time somebody surrendered to us was in 1945......we still have troops there. The Roman empire failed because they had troops so wide spread that it became logistically impossible for them to continue to support them. Osama Bin Laden said his goal was not to destroy the United States but to bankrupt them. Until the Republicans get serious about some "MAJOR" cuts to the military/industrial complex ordinary Joes on the steet are about as important as a Fly on a Bull's Dick.
We've had troops in other parts of the world since World War II with little to no effect on our overall economy, Cam...why is it "suddenly" causing us to run trillion dollar a year deficits? I know that it's progressive "heresy" to ever admit that we're spending too much on entitlements...hence your call for reductions in spending to the part of spending (defense) that HAS been reduced while ignoring the part of spending (dependency programs) that is exploding in cost but my figures are correct. So I ask again...what is your answer to dealing with out of control spending on entitlements?
Just so you know? I'm probably not the person you want to get into a debate about history with, Cam. The reasons for Rome's fall lie less with "logistics" then they do with a general societal decay and an ever increasing dependency on foreign mercenaries to do the fighting that was once done by Romans. Instead of maintaining a strong military Rome increasingly PAID others to do it's fighting for it. In essence the Roman people became effete and unable to protect themselves which ultimately left them vulnerable to attack by both the Goths to the north and the Vandals to the south.
Here's what caused the trillion dollar a year deficits...each year $400 billion of it to pay the interest on the Reagan/Bushes debt. You Republicans aren't too damn smart and the rest of us have caught on:
Total U S Debt
09/30/2009 $11,909,829,003,511.75(80% Of All Debt Across 232 Years Borrowed By Reagan And Bushes)
09/30/2008 $10,024,724,896,912.49(Times Square Debt Clock Modified To Accomodate Tens of Trillions)
09/30/2007 $9,007,653,372,262.48
09/30/2006 $8,506,973,899,215.23
09/30/2005 $7,932,709,661,723.50
09/30/2004 $7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 $6,783,231,062,743.62(Second Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2002 $6,228,235,965,597.16
09/30/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06(First Bush Tax Cuts Enacted Using Reconciliation)
09/30/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86(Administration And Congress Arguing About How To Use Surplus)
09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43(First Surplus Generated...On Track To Pay Off Debt By 2012)
09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73
09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39
09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32
09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38(Debt Quadrupled By Reagan/Bush41)
09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00
09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00(Total Debt Passes $1 Trillion)
09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00
..............................ANNUAL INTEREST/NATIONAL DEBT............................
Pardon me for pointing out the obvious here, Cam but deficit spending isn't a "GOP thing"...it's something that BOTH parties are guilty of. The amount of debt added since Barack Obama took office is staggering.
Once again you've declined to give your solution to the problem...choosing instead to try and blame "the other side". The truth is...our politicians have a spending problem and that goes for BOTH sides of the aisle. So how about we FIX that problem instead of make excuses for why it's taking place?