The War on Terror, purchased on credit – imagine the possibilities

Has a reporter ever actually asked anyone in the current U.S. Administration if they believe there will be a tomorrow? Just asked them point blank “Do you think there will be a year 2010?”

Because. they’ve managed to put this entire war effort – a war of civilizations to them, mind you – on credit. Give tax cuts, and a war, and our kids will figure out how to pay off China.

From the Christian Science Monitor:

Unlike in previous major wars, the United States has cut taxes at the same time it has increased military spending. “It’s fair to say all of the money spent on the war has been borrowed,” says Richard Kogan, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a think tank in Washington. “But eventually everything has to be paid for.”

I understand the whole “starve the beast” mentality, but that never actually works, does it? You think high deficits will get politicians to stop spending money on the public?

More and more, I think George W. Bush, an admitted Jesus freak, truly believes that Christ is coming down in his Jesus Craft to pass out cookies and slay the infidels. And like, within the next few years.

Put your debts in the hands of Jesus. In this era, that’s an actual economic strategy.

–WKW

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