A simple solution to the current economic crisis and many other problems in the United States:

[Swamp Rat]

"Cut military spending in half and END THE WARS NOW!!"

[spanone]

1. bingo

[Swamp Rat]

4. "YOU LIE!"

Thank you Joe the 'Rude Republican Congressman' Wilson for such a simple lesson in how to deal with you and your kind, as well as the rest in D.C.

[Horse with no Name]

2. Nice to see you. Someone was looking for you the other day.

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

5. They found me right here.

:D :hi:

[Ghost Dog]

61. Hello there, (Imagine I'm Mae West, for example).

:smoke: :rofl:

[Swamp Rat]

67. Hellooooo... (Imagine I am Neil)

:D :hi:

[stevedeshazer]

3. BANG!

PA-POW!

+1

[Swamp Rat]

7. Time to go on offense full-thottle.

Hold your banners high, beat your drums, and shout through your megaphones.

:hi:

[Gregorian]

6. And decrease a huge carbon footprint at the same time.

You have posted what has been on my mind. ALL OF THE TIME.

[Swamp Rat]

8. So simple.

We can make it happen, but we have to scream it in their faces whenever we get the chance, en masse.

The squeaky mouse gets the cheese. ;)

[lonestarnot]

12. Tried true and proven to be effective!

I approve this message! :hi:

[Swamp Rat]

15. Way'at dawlin'

:hi:

I am certain we can make things change for the better if we unite and simply say, day and night, whenever possible, as an answer to every question or statement made in public by any politician: "cut military spending in half and end the wars now."

Politicians in both parties must be plastered with this simple solution no matter what they say when trying to convince us 'it is much more complicated than that', etc. This pig shit will no longer fly.

[lonestarnot]

20. Little pink piggy there, doesn't she have a TV show?

[RC]

9. And the after the wars are stopped, cut military spending in half again!

[Swamp Rat]

10. Good idea, as this would help our military become even more lean and effective

Right now the Pentagon and DoD is too good at wasting trillions of dollars and killing innocent people and animals, and destroying the planet.

Removing the majority of their funding would reduce these activities, and force them to be much more economically efficient.

I say we start by shouting down any and all Republicans whenever they speak in public, no matter what the topic.

CUT MILITARY SPENDING AND STOP THE WARS NOW!!!

Do this first, and then we might listen to your crappy, bull shit speeches.

[Mojeoux]

16. Who Profits from the American WarChest? Where do they live?

Are the armements manufactured in the United States? Are they manufactured in Republican districts?

Edited to add......I love your Artwork Swamp Rat !

[Enthusiast]

68. How about a constitutional amendment

to the effect that our military spending would not exceed that of the next two largest nations. Oh no! THAT would be unreasonable!

[defendandprotect]

84. Exactly, 'cause W doubled military spending ... we'd only be taking it back to where it

was pre-W --

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. But Little Lindsey Graham wants us to stay in Afghanistan 4-ev-R.

It's interesting, because even though you make an excellent point here, I'd be willing to bet that if the economy were anywhere near "normal" instead of this "worst economy since the Great Depression" state we're in, more people would be in a white-hot rage over the length of BOTH wars.

Seems to me that most of the people I know...who may or may not be representative of the "group think" that makes up the U.S. as a whole...are in such a state of personal financial pain that the wars aren't bothering them anywhere near as much as they should.

:patriot:

[Swamp Rat]

14. What you said is painfully ironic

Nevertheless, I believe if enough of us simply responded with, "cut military spending in half and end the wars," as an answer to any question, speech, or event, in any and all public scenarios, we WILL make things change for the better. I believe we can make significant changes by simply doing this 24/7 whenever possible.

I have learned a good lesson from the best propagandists the republicans can buy: shout them down with your slogan until the opposition gives up... and the opposition WILL give up eventually.

Time to turn the tables, and go on the offense:

Cut military spending and end the wars now!!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. Look what I just found...

61 percent say tax the rich to fix budget deficit



By Daniel Tencer
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 -- 6:57 pm

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/tax-rich-fix-budget-deficit/

Americans of all income levels overwhelmingly favor raising taxes on the rich over any other method available to reduce the budget deficit, a new poll has found.

According to a survey conducted for Vanity Fair and CBS, 61 percent of Americans prefer increasing taxes on the wealthy as the first step to balancing the budget. By comparison, only 20 percent chose the second-most popular option -- cutting defense spending.

Cutting Medicare and Social Security -- the other two options -- got four percent and three percent support, respectively.

Even among the relatively wealthy -- those earning above $100,000 -- 46 percent said they wanted to see tax hikes on the wealthy before any other steps were taken.

[Swamp Rat]

26. ah HA!!

Thank you! :applause:

Two simple solutions for 2011 in the form of slogans to be repeated ad nauseam:

"Double taxes for the rich"

"Cut military spending in half and end the wars"

[Enthusiast]

69. PLUS ONE! nt

[defendandprotect]

100. 'Cause we can't bring the oil here ... we have to control it THERE .... ya know ...

[neverforget]

13. but the Teabaggers will cry

I love it! :toast:

[Swamp Rat]

18. I have a comforting and simple answer for them regarding their economic woes:

"Cut military spending in half and end the wars now!!" :D :hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

39. LOL! What's up with the anvil on McCain's head?

:rofl:

[BobbyBoring]

75. Wishfull Thinking

Would be my guess........................

[neverforget]

93. Ha! I love it!

[hootinholler]

17. Well people like your idea better than mine.

LOL

How ya been my friend?

:hi:

-Hoot

[Swamp Rat]

22. Way'at hoot'

:hi:

[hootinholler]

27. Sucking hind tit these days

Other than being broke and out of work things here are peachy.

Merci beaucoup for the rec.

-Hoot

[midnight]

19. I do think simple is best...... Bring them home...

[Odin2005]

21. K&R!

[doc03]

24. I told a Republican that this morning and he said

he agreed 100%, I was suprised.

[Swamp Rat]

28. BAM!

Time to tell politicians in Washington D.C. they better stop messing around with our lives and country!

Cut military spending in half and end the wars now!!

[freshwest]

37. But did he vote for it...

[MannyGoldstein]

25. K&R. You been hiding, Swampy?

Missed you recently!

[Swamp Rat]

29. Hey MannyGoldstein!

:hi:

I've been observing a lot lately, and trying to figure out how to cut through all the chatter.

I believe the common ground lies with two basic solutions:

"Cut military sending in half and end the wars now"

"Double the taxes for the rich"

... now to beat my drum and shout in their faces until they cannot take it anymore.

[MannyGoldstein]

34. You may be right

That may be the common ground, and it would be very helpful.

Great stuff!

[bananas]

52. Type, but it still works: "Cut military sending in half and end the wars now"

Missing "p" in "spending", but yeah, let's send less troops!

[dflprincess]

97. Works for me!

[proud2BlibKansan]

30. AMEN!!!!

[Swamp Rat]

31. Politicians like to complicate things so they can rule more easily and increase profits for the few.

Time to end their scheme/scam for good.

[lonestarnot]

32. kicking again before sleep.

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

33. Thanks!

nite nite! :hi:



sweet dreams! :D

[PufPuf23]

35. Cut military spending and

redistribute income in accord with a viable Representative democratic republic. Have equal access to social and legal justice and progressive and recompense of tax policies so we have equal ownership of the public commons and infrastructure. Sell Federal and State natural resource only by competitive and competent service contracts and retain max to the commons. Practice honest to the facts of foreign trade in policy to benefit the USA. Kill for profit health care. Fair elections including financing and PR. Lots of breaking of monopoly and kin to re-establish regional and local business. The cuts in military can be replaced by infrastructure and rural restoration WPA/CETA style projects of limited term (say through 2016 for good POTUS Obama political strategy). Prosecute war and financial criminals and take their plunder. Uplift the social, educational, and medical bottom. Fix in favor of Americans in residence only because of childhood (DREAM). Quit the idiot and immoral wars on drugs and terror. Do the fucking obvious.

Maybe my post should have been the last four words in the last paragraph.

This should be the strategy of all three branches of government or we are a psychotic civilization that not only failed but deserves failure according to the values I was taught in childhood.

[freshwest]

36. We have a winner!!!

[ClayZ]

38. Bravo! K and R

When do we hit the streets?

[unhappycamper]

40. I agree with your statement Swampy, but

I would like to see the military budget cut to $302 billion dollars. The same as it was when dubya was selected.

:hi:

[PA Democrat]

41. Isn't strange that when the right wing talks about "wasteful government spending" they never

mention the 800 plus military bases we have in foreign countries, the unnecessary wars, the fraud and waste in the Pentagon budget in general?

The wing nuts typically say hands off military spending or propose even MORE military spending via more wars and more bombs and killing machines.

[malaise]

42. 100% correct

Happy New Year Swampie!! :toast: :fistbump:

[martymar64]

43. Damn straight!

[kctim]

44. How many jobs and cities would that eliminate?

[bvar22]

46. If military spending were redirected to:

JOBS, Infrastructure Improvement, and de-centralization and diversification of agriculture instead of producing dead end weapons, not only would our cities improve,
but we would have something to show for our money besides dead bodies.

[kctim]

81. So just cross train all employees?

And 'infrastructure improvement' will impact local economies the same way the closed bases did?

[lonestarnot]

89. Whatever and invest some of that dough in alternative energy so we can stop the fracking, &

off-shore drilling. hmmmmmf.

[kctim]

112. Do you really believe it would be that easy?

I'm all for cutting some spending on defense, but I don't think people have any clue about the personal and economical costs it will bring about.

[lonestarnot]

92. And don't leave out research while we're at drafting the budget.

[defendandprotect]

103. +1000% --

[Omar4Dems]

45. But, that makes too much sense.

You know, this is America after all, where people like Dubya and Sarah are treated like rock stars and/or royalty.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

47. But..but..that would require that politicians admit we lost..again.

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken

[ladjf]

48. And return to the Clinton era income tax levels. nt

[Lorien]

49. Nah, Eisenhower. nt

[ladjf]

50. That would be even better. nt

[valerief]

56. Oh, yeah!!!! nt

[Enthusiast]

70. Better still. nt

[TBF]

51. Recommend - too bad our president disagrees. nt

[Raster]

53. No Kidding!!! The MIC and it's bastard child, The Pentagon, are bleeding this country dry--

literally and figuratively. From using our children as cannon fodder to sucking the dollars from our national wealth, the American Military Industrial Complex is no friend to the citizens of the United States. President Eisenhower was right!

[LuckyLib]

54. This has spurred me to put this in mail and email form to those idjits in Congress.

One by one, I'm sending this message to each and every one of them:


Do you as an elected representative want to begin to solve our financial crisis?

"Double taxes for the rich"

"Cut military spending in half and end the wars"

[valerief]

55. Who'd protect the heroin? Oh, yes. Xe. nt

[Enthusiast]

71. True

:fistbump:

[Paper Roses]

57. Ten words that could change the world. I agree. n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

58. +10000000000000000000000000000

[Eyerish]

59. K&R Swampy...

It should be so apparent to everyone...

[suffragette]

60. Keep beating that drum, Swamp

and I'll be glad to keep shaking the tambourine right beside you.

K&R, baby, K&R.

[The Wizard]

62. They've been handed a blank check

without accountability since December 7, 1941.
Put Alan Grayson in charge of a commission to investigate defense contractor treasury looting, and when the guilty parties are convicted---------summary executions.

[Enthusiast]

73. I like it!

:fistbump:

[Roy Rolling]

63. Or as Randy Newman said:

We need a Huey Long type person who will, as Randy wrote, "who took on the Standard oilmen and whipped their ass? Just like he promised he'd do... "ain't no Standard oil man gonna run this state, gonna be run by little folks like me and you.""

Swamp Rat has it right . . . END WARS NOW!

[EFerrari]

64. The Pentagon defends its budget, not America.

We saw that on September 11.

[madmax]

65. K & R damn right - simple isn't it! nt

[Enthusiast]

66. K&R

Both wars were a huge mistake anyway. At least we tried to pay for our other wars. Cut taxes and start two wars -the perfect way to starve the beast(social security and medicare). Mission accomplished!

[Warren DeMontague]

72. You left out "Legalize, Regulate, and Tax Marijuana, and end the Drug War"

But other than that, 100% Spot On. :applause:

[DemReadingDU]

74. +++

[baldguy]

76. Bingo

[L0oniX]

77. We spent over a trillion this year and Russia spent 60 billion ....enough said.

"the total for defense spending to between $1.01 and $1.35 trillion in fiscal year 2010"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States

"Russia's budget spending on state defense orders will amount to 1.2 trillion rubles ($46.8 billion) in 2009, first deputy prime minister Sergei Ivanov said on 12 September 2008. The spending figure is outlined in the Russian budget for 2009-2011 which was due to be considered by Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, on September 19. The three-year budget envisaged additional spending of 170 billion rubles ($6.63 billion) in comparison to previous annual programs"

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mo-budget.htm

[lonestarnot]

90. Estimates 3 Trillion $.

[TheUnspeakable]

78. k&r Swampy !

[FiveGoodMen]

79. Amen.

[Hubert Flottz]

80. K&R

And if the GOPers don't like it DRAFT THEIR KIDS!

[pam4water]

82. I wish that would reset the economy but it wont. And the few good manufacturing job let in the US

are building weapons. Stopping the wars would help but there needs to private businesses opened to provide jobs. That is more complicated then just the good old cut government spending.

[usrname]

94. Retooling companies is easy!

Before WWII broke out, Chrysler and Ford and other auto plants were building cars and trucks. Once the war started, they retooled their plants and immediately began building tanks and military trucks in large quantities. How long did that transition take place? 6 months? Well, let's go the other way: if you're a defense contractor building guidance systems, retool and build smaller guidance systems that can be installed in cars for enhanced navigation. Or just build gyroscope toys at cheaper prices than what China can build them for. Or build the super small gyroscopes that are now fitted in iPhone 4s.

If you build tanks, build more fuel efficient farming equipment. Build hauling equipment to help rebuild the infrastructure in some cities like Detroit or Cleveland. If you build jet planes, tone it down and help make cars more aerodynamic. Or retool completely and build sofas by the millions selling at $50 a set. Kill the competition from China or elsewhere.

Can't think of what to build? Just look around and see what the problem is. Build something to fix that problem. We need to rebuild bridges, roads, upgrade traffic systems. Retool and get to work. There's so much work needed to get done. Of course, there's not as much money in it as from the MIC, but there's still plenty.

Go, Go, GO!!!

[defendandprotect]

83. +1 million -- we can also save an immediate 28% by merging the services...!!!

[tomp]

85. yeah, like that's gonna happen. woe is us. nt

[maryf]

86. And Tax the Rich to boot

K&R

[rgbecker]

87. Republicans want a budget as low as 1998...give it to em!

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/defense_chart_30.html

[Jackpine Radical]

88. Nah.

We also have to tax the living crap out of the rich. On general principle, even if we don't need the money.

[KoKo]

91. Kick and Recommend.......How Long can we go on like this before we are finished economically?

and I would add..SPIRTUALLY BANKRUPT...which is the saddest of all..:-(

[Vattel]

95. Grow up!

Grown-ups know that war is a cost-effective way to make the world a better place. How else can one get genuine speculative benefits for the low, low price of billions and billions of dollars spent, hundreds of thousands of lives lost, and countless persons deprived of loved ones and/or turned into refugees. It's quite a bargain.

[FailureToCommunicate]

96. Amen to that!

[DeSwiss]

98. K&R

[FreedomFeed]

99. End the Fed

how about looking at the organization and its system that creates the business cycle?

http://www.freedomfeed.org

[Moostache]

101. Been saying this since about 2007! HEAR HEAR!!!

I would include tax cuts that SHOULD have expired above $250K or $500 K or $1M...

No wars
Fewer bases
More progressive tax policy

Problems solved.

[glinda]

102. But we buy our "goodwill" with blood?

[NOLALady]

104. Kick

:kick: :thumbsup: :hi:

[lonestarnot]

105. kick

:kick:

[Joe Fields]

106. good call. couldn't agree more!

K&R to you, buddy, and I'll add: shut down the hundreds of military installations around the fucking world.

[Overseas]

107. Recommended!! Yes Please!! //nt

[Octafish]

108. No money in it.

Know your BFEE: Money Trumps Peace. Always.

¡Hola, Compay! Happy New Year to You and Yours, Ratonito!

[Swamp Rat]

109. Money trumps peace.

:thumbsup: ¡Órale carnal! :hi:

[lonestarnot]

113. Apparently!

[merh]

110. So simple, yet so wise

and so fucking necessary.

Wish they would hear ya. :(


:hi: :pals: :hug:

[lonestarnot]

111. kick

:kick: