College Discussion - View Single Post - Shouldn't we raise taxes to pay for the war?

StitchInTime · 04-12-2008, 05:05 PM

Ans: No.

Alternative: Cut wasteful programs starting with:

15% across the board budget cuts...most departments won't even feel it
Dept of Defense: all spending in South Korea...they don't want us there anyway...removal of bases from Europe. European countries need to raise their level of defense spending as we lower ours. We're currently subsidizing their defense.
Eliminate Dept of Education: $68 billion
Federal Crop subsidies: $10 billion
Stop rebuilding of New Orleans and any sea-coast areas : $127 billion

Other ideas:

Privatize Social Security...it's a pyramid scheme.
Allow drilling in ANWR...$168 billion in tax revenues...drilling off of all coastal areas while we're at it.

04-12-2008, 05:05 PM	#5
StitchInTime Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio Gender: Male Threads: 31 Posts: 217	Ans: No. Alternative: Cut wasteful programs starting with: 15% across the board budget cuts...most departments won't even feel it Dept of Defense: all spending in South Korea...they don't want us there anyway...removal of bases from Europe. European countries need to raise their level of defense spending as we lower ours. We're currently subsidizing their defense. Eliminate Dept of Education: $68 billion Federal Crop subsidies: $10 billion Stop rebuilding of New Orleans and any sea-coast areas : $127 billion Other ideas: Privatize Social Security...it's a pyramid scheme. Allow drilling in ANWR...$168 billion in tax revenues...drilling off of all coastal areas while we're at it.