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I'm not the most responsible...

November 8th, 2007 at 05:01 pm

...as far as money is concerned. But if you take my fiscal irresponsibility and magnify it by a billion times, you will probably about equal the fiscal irresponsibility of our government. Well, technically not MY government 'cause I can't even vote. But why do voters sit idly by while our congress and president are making a mockery of our public account. Did you know that over 2/3 of our discretionary budget are military/national security expenditures? That's equal to $717,000,000,000, or about $3,000 per tax payer. We're also paying about $1,000 per tax payer on debt interest. Furthermore, to fill the budget deficit gap we need to pay about $1,000 per tax payer, or reduce our spending by the same amount. My question, however, is, who's going to pay our debt? If we're not doing it right now, our children will have to. And is that really how we want to treat our future? Our government certainly thinks so.

Check out this graph:

http://www.thebudgetgraph.com/site/

My question is: Do we want to be fighting wars, or do we want to pay more taxes? Because we can't just decide to go fight a war and not pay for it. Moreover, if we didn't have any debt, we probably WOULD have enough money to go fight wars whenever we feel like.

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4 Responses to “I'm not the most responsible...”

  1. PauletteGoddard Says:
    November 8th, 2007 at 05:46 pm 1194543996
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  2. PauletteGoddard Says:
    November 8th, 2007 at 05:47 pm 1194544022
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    I can't vote either, so that makes me as suitable a commenter as you. Maybe we are not "culturally in the swim" as the voters are. Maybe we presume, because we earn US money, work US jobs, pay US taxes (what a Freudian slip! I had typed 'takes'!), buy US things, that we know what the voters know. But if we're from different countries who haven't relied so heavily on wars to boost economies, who have higher tax rates, who have used mass media propaganda to achieve different national goals, with histories that aren't so "the best defense is a good offense," it's hard for us, especially when programmed with "if you want anything you have to work for it yourself/you are responsible for making choices to ensure your own health, happiness and security" to understand voters who are willing to sacrifice their medical benefits and civil liberties so they can "feel safe" voting for someone who believes further spending, borrowing from future generations, and alienating the rest of the world are key to the country's greatness. If I wanted the security of a government taking more of my taxes, being on better terms with the rest of the world, and having affordable healthcare, I suppose I could plan to move back to where I came from -- voters' values here differ from mine, and until I can understand and accept those values I will refrain from besmirching the political process with my vote. The voters can thank me for propping up their sagging economy the best I can as an individual and staying out of their affairs.

  3. Mulyanto Says:
    November 8th, 2007 at 07:21 pm 1194549691
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    Well, I consider myself American, and I will be officially next year and I'm certain I will vote....

  4. kimiko Says:
    November 9th, 2007 at 01:20 am 1194571218
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    I did vote, unfortunately, Bush has way too much support from the right wing.

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