[wideawake]

If we stay, it will contribute to our economic collapse

The stimulus package alone cost more than 8 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It also cost more than a decade of peacetime military spending abroad.

Compared to what we spend on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security fraud annually, our peacetime projection of global power overseas is an exceptionally good investment.

[Leaning Right]

“Compared to what we spend on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security fraud annually, our peacetime projection of global power overseas is an exceptionally good investment.”

I have no argument with that, but the politicians will not cut Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security.

Neither will they cut out earmarks. They’ll just rename it and keep spending away, Democrats and Republicans alike.

The Tea Partiers may make a dent, but I fear it will only be temporary.

So with no other real spending cuts, the Defense budget will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Note that I am not saying that we should not spend on Defense! I am saying that it will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

[mylife]

Indeed.

And what have we gotten?
A 45K chevy volt with no place to plug it in and a $25 dollar Dr’s appointment to get a prescription for aspirin.

[ex-snook]

"The stimulus package alone cost more than 8 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan."

I'd rather spend money on Americans than support the rest of the world with our money and our lives. Every country in the world should be able to defend itself and not rely on us.

We spent the first half of the last century fighting in Europe, the second half fighting in the Asia, now we are starting off in the near East, with whispers about Africa and South America. War after war is sinking us as it did the British empire. Time to protect America only. A strong defense and non-intervention is our salvation.