The Drain of War: Dems Aim to Tie Iraq to Americans' Financial Woes

Madistan.com ^ | February 26, 2008 | Staff Writer

[SandRat]

[rfp1234]

RATS control the Congress, if they think Iraq’s so bad it’s killing the economy, plus starving kids and minorities, let them openly debate defunding the war, and vote on it! [/s]

[IrishCatholic]

What I don’t get is why people would even declare themselves members of this political party that is so invested in making America lose.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Don't confuse the 'Rats with the facts, though..."Social" spending dwarfs DOD spending, even when we're at war, if you combine H&HS with SSA spending. And look at how large social spending is when compared to Homeland Security. What a monster Government we've created!

[mtnwmn]

The cost of oil is what’s causing our financial woes...not to mention greedy real estate brokers, buyers of real estate with nothing down, and unscrupulous bankers. But, the biggest problem of all is Congress.

[rfp1234]

MoveOn.org, another anti-war group, says it will spend at least $5 million targeting congressional seats, including Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, John Sununu of New Hampshire, Norm Coleman of Minnesota and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Way to go, John McFeingold. Take a bow for your achievement.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“But, the biggest problem of all is Congress.”

Amen to that!

[HangnJudge]

Not much drain...
military-relative-size vs GDP graph

[doc1019]

Gearing up for their anticipated takeover of all branches of our government?

[citizenK]

The expense for this war is about 1% of GDP...
the expense for the Korean War was about 15% of GDP.

It costs Americans relatively fewer dollars to wage war than it has historically.
The war is not a drain on the economy.

Attempts by the Leftist propaganda machine to link the war to economic downturn will likely fail, but for the help and collusion of the mainstream media.

[ari-freedom]

moveon.org would be even more effective without mccain feingold.

[Dahoser]

- Democrats, facing rejection today of a proposal co-sponsored by Wisconsin's Sen. Russ Feingold to cut off money for the Iraq war, are planning to shift their emphasis to the war's toll on the American economy to rebuild anti-war momentum.

That's okay, the Republicans are going to shift their emphasis to how Democrat blocking of drilling in ANWR and offshore plus their ethanol mandates and other environmental are causing the inflationary spiral that's taking out the economy. Any day now they'll be doing that. It's just around the corner that they'll be doing that.

[spanalot]

Did you see “interest on the debt”

No one here should be happy with the spending of money we dont have.

[JHBowden]

We now only spend 4% of GDP on our military, compared to 6% under Reagan, 10% during Vietnam, 14% during Korea, and 40% during WWII.

This argument the Dems are making makes absolutely no sense. But don’t you *dare* call them treasonous or unpatriotic!

[JHBowden]

D’oh! You beat me to it!

Well, at least we have educated people here.

[rfp1234]

moveon.org would be even more effective without mccain feingold.

But it could be offset by stronger conservative organizations.

[stylin19a]

on one hand the Rats are going to focus on the economics of the war.

on the other hand, they will also demand that Pres. Bush tax cuts be sunset.

If ending the war will ease economic strain, why would they need to raise taxes ?

[HangnJudge]

D’oh! You beat me to it!
Well, at least we have educated people here.

Another favorite...
US military spending as a percentage of discretionary spending, 1962--2003

[Normal4me]

I’m still looking for the Constitutional spending......