democrats are clearly the party that is guilty of more spending and even bigger government.
Let me guess... military spending doesn't count as "more spending". The $800 billion allocated for 10 years of stimulus is a paltry sum compared to the $700+ billion we intended to spend every year on military, and we all know that money is spent very efficiently.
Meanwhile, federal spending has increased every year under both parties for the last two decades, so you don't really have a leg to stand on with regard to your "democrats are the big government spenders" FUD.
Are you kidding? Look at the budgets (or lack thereof) under Bush and Obama. They aren't even in the same neighborhood. I'll be the first to agree that there is a lot of waste in defense spending. My first job was at a defense contractor working with the air force. I've seen it.
Just because there is waste in defense, doesn't mean there isn't more elsewhere. Defense is one of the few things are government is actually tasked with. All the other shit we waste money on isn't part of what they are supposed to be doing. Roads and armies, that's all I expect. I don't need the government to feed me or wipe my ass.
consider this statement politically agnostic, but military spending is the closest thing we have to govt subsidized R+D in this country. there several enormously useful and successful military inventions that no commercial company would have touched.
gps and the internet are two of the most notable and visible examples with astronomical infrastructure costs. no private company would undertake a risk like this yet both have substantially improved society. the microwave and digital cameras are two others that a private company may have eventually created.
this isn't an argument for military spending, just the fact that without a government body that focuses entirely on applied research and development the military is the next best thing.
Let me guess... military spending doesn't count as "more spending". The $800 billion allocated for 10 years of stimulus is a paltry sum compared to the $700+ billion we intended to spend every year on military, and we all know that money is spent very efficiently.
Meanwhile, federal spending has increased every year under both parties for the last two decades, so you don't really have a leg to stand on with regard to your "democrats are the big government spenders" FUD.