Wars? What wars?

[SHRED]

We've got tax cuts for the wealthy to extend!

:sarcasm:

[geckosfeet]

1. Economic stimulus. It's now called economic stimulus.

[SHRED]

3. I am sure that some of our...

...best and brightest scientific and engineering minds are being used by the war machine.

What a waste that they aren't working towards the betterment of mankind instead.

[geckosfeet]

4. I am sure that you are correct. But of course, the absurdly wealthy are not known

for their humility. They manifest delusional grandeur. In their eyes, they have the golden touch and have been chosen. After all - why else would they be so affluent and privileged? Their intentions are not to be questioned by the masses. They move humanity forward and better mankind while at the same time reduce overhead and improve margins.

[SHRED]

6. In the town where I work...

...we have an industrial park.
Most parking lots are hurting except over at the General Atomics parking lot which is expanding.
While the city it is in is suffering from an extreme drop in revenues the builder of the Predator Drone is at capacity.

The choice is being made.
Instead of a vibrant local economy and services it is the war machine that gets the tax dollars.

Truly sickening.

[Goldstein1984]

2. Class war includes economics and military conflict

The poor sacrifice in the economy so the rich can become richer.
The poor die in war so that the rich can become richer.

By the way, there is a synergy between war and recession: Recession provides willing recruits who look to military service for income and "opportunity."

If there are any questions, just look at how good Wall Street is doing with two wars and unemployment hovering just below 10% (with real unemployment probably about twice that).

[KharmaTrain]

5. What The Rich Don't Get...

They've lost the war. They've screwed their customers who spend the money to keep them living in nice houses and fat bank accounts. No amount of "tax breaks" or "payroll holidays" are gonna return things to the "good ole days" of 2007...not by a long shot and not for a long time.

This administration has again set itself up to fail if the economy doesn't do a fast 180 in the next year and adopted the right wing memes to do it. You can't make people spend what they don't have...especially when more and more of the shrinking dollars they have go to pay for the basics...food, housing and transportation. By signing this faustian deal, this administration has bought into the right wing framing and now totally assume the fates of the economy...georgie boooosh sits back and laughs.