Someone remind me again- just how much did we spend on those stupid, evil wars

[cali]

in Iraq and Afghanistan? How much do we spend on the largely idiotic war on terror? How much do we spend on defense programs that really are all about contracts for defense companies? And OK, it's a drop in the bucket but how much do we spend on phony agriculture subsidies?

But the rethuglicans, moderates and teawads alike want to shred the social safety net and cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy.

And then they have the unmitigated gall to preach self-righteously about the debt and spending.

Whited Sepulchers each and every one.

I dedicate this song to the republicans in Congress. Yeah, all of them.

[displacedtexan]

1. The last figure I saw was $7 trillion+

At least this week, news people have been citing the ginormous Bush increase to our debt, along with Saint Ronnie's.

[cali]

3. good grief. I hadn't realized it was that high.

glad to hear that people in the media have been referencing it.

[bluestate10]

5. That doesn't count interest and the fact that we are still spending as we wind down Afghanistan.

If teabaggers were any good with math, they would figure out that Bush's wars and tax cuts for the rich added $10-11 Trillion in debt ON TOP of the 4 Trillion that Clinton had worked down from Bush I, BEFORE President Obama stepped one foot into the Oval Office. But as things are, the assholes don't see that President Obama is reducing national debt at a historic pace. But when presented with information that counters their bullshit, they start yelling "cooking the books".

[Fumesucker]

7. Obama is not reducing the debt, the deficit is falling but the debt is still climing n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I've seen estimates of from $2.5 to $5 trillion.

[bluestate10]

6. More than $5 trillion. The country was already spending close to $300 billion on the war in

Afghanistan when Bush launches the Iraq War and did tax cuts for the rich. By the end of 2008, around $8-11 Trillion would have been added to the deficit. Teabaggers don't give a shit about the Debt, or the deficit, or reducing both, if they did, they would be kissing a shine on President Obama's shoes every fucking day.

[Arugula Latte]

4. Exactly. That makes my blood boil.

They don't give a crap about spending, as long as it's trillions down the drain that don't actually help people who need help.

[Comrade Grumpy]

8. We could be a nation of starving hovel-dwellers, but there's always money for war.

And somebody smiling all the way to the bank. This country is a fucking racket.

[noiretextatique]

9. all of these teabag assholes support that type of spending

but feed an elderly person or make health insurance affordable or educate a child: Hell NO: we can't afford it.