[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "We've spent about a percent of our defense budget. It's not like we are selling our jewelry to pay for groceries."

Do not let your eyes become blurred by shiny objects. Our nation adds a trillion and more in essentially CREDIT CARD spending to the national debt each year. Currently the national debt officially tops $32,000,000,000,000.

"It's not like we are selling our jewelry to pay for groceries," because we are spending our children's' and grandchildren's' money at this point.

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“Do not let your eyes become blurred by shiny objects. Our nation adds a trillion and more in essentially CREDIT CARD spending to the national debt each year. Currently the national debt officially tops $32,000,000,000,000.

“It’s not like we are selling our jewelry to pay for groceries,” because we are spending our children’s’ and grandchildren’s’ money at this point.”
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Be assured that according to VermontLt, the spending of a few Trillion and 19.5 years fighting sheep and goat herders armed with AK 47 and rocket propelled granade launchers was chump change and well worth it....

[Vermont Lt]

You are changing the subject. You guys made a statement. It was false.

Try again.