|Elflocko| Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 [quote name='Jim Finklestein' timestamp='1311809966' post='1004778'] The funniest part of that chart is that the fucking Bush tax cuts are even higher than the two wars. The Republicans wouldnt let Obama end those "temporary" tax cuts, so now here we are. God forbid we end those tax cuts, what would the Mexican and Asian workers do??? [/quote] Yeah, that only takes into account the budgeted portion of the wars. With the "off the books" amounts thrown in the total is closer to $6 trillion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vol_Bengal Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 [quote name='Elflocko' timestamp='1311810334' post='1004781'] Yeah, that only takes into account the budgeted portion of the wars. With the "off the books" amounts thrown in the total is closer to $6 trillion... [/quote] Don't forget the PALLETS of cash that are just going "missing"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 [quote name='Vol_Bengal' timestamp='1311853598' post='1005078'] Don't forget the PALLETS of cash that are just going "missing"... [/quote] [b]Speaking[/b] of pallets, so we have an idea of just how much money we're talking about here: [url="http://www.wtfnoway.com/"]A visualisation of United States Debt[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJb7V_UUbqk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrlnutz Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 [quote name='Jamie_B' timestamp='1311873414' post='1005320'] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJb7V_UUbqk [/quote] I saw this interview the other day. I just recently learned I have the Free Speech TV channel on DirecTv and this Democracy Now news show is on that channel. Its great for intelligent current events discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 [quote name='Squirrlnutz' timestamp='1311877226' post='1005397'] I saw this interview the other day. I just recently learned I have the Free Speech TV channel on DirecTv and this Democracy Now news show is on that channel. Its great for intelligent current events discussion. [/quote] Democracy now is the shit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vol_Bengal Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 [quote name='Elflocko' timestamp='1311861142' post='1005180'] [b]Speaking[/b] of pallets, so we have an idea of just how much money we're talking about here: [url="http://www.wtfnoway.com/"]A visualisation of United States Debt[/url] [/quote] Good find... I'd seen something similar previously. I think I'll go throw up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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