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You publish more bullshit that any member of this forum. defense spending is 18% of the budget, moron, not two thirds. The VA is a small part of the budget, and the GI bill is over Only a small part of the debt is from defense spending.Is that happening?The best way to solve the tax problem is to downsize the government to the max so that it does not need that much moneySee froggy, this is the bad argument Republicans keep making as they lower taxes on the rich. What they are trying won't work and isn't fair.I would call it greedy for you to be demanding other people's money. It's also called avarice and a lot of other unflattering things.Why can't the rich pay more taxes they have more money it all boils down to one word GREED.
But they've spun it so it sounds like the rich are paying more than their fair share.
They may have been before Reagan but not since.
Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts
Nobles Need Not Pay Taxes
When you look at the federal budget, it looks like about half to two thirds of the budget goes to defense.
But that is not accurate, because things like VA and GIBill actually are defense costs, but they are hidden in the social services category instead.
And then there is interest on the national debt. That is not part of the budget, but the reality is that almost all the national debt is from defense spending, so once you add the interest on past defense spending, the reality is that about 75% of our taxes goes to defense.
And that seems incredibly wasteful since we were never actually attacked since 1812.
(The WTC and Pearl Harbor were not actually attacks on the nation. No troops were landed and there was no invasion.)