1990 just called. It wants its peace dividend back.

[Karmadillo]

It strenuously objects to the insane waste of the bipartisan Forever War. "At first, I kept thinking humans can't be so dumb as to not see how eternal war plays against everyone's best interests but the warmongers', but I guess I was kind of delusional," it said. "I mean, WTF is wrong with you people? You murder your Martin Luther Kings, but you bend over backwards to make the sadistic dreams of your Dick Cheneys come true to the last detail." It says once the money is returned, it's going to invest in the education of children ("the first million goes for burning every standardized test I can get my hands on&quot , the restoration of the environment, the implementation of single-payer healthcare, and, in general, the creation of a world where sentient creatures are about as happy as they can reasonably expect to be. "They say delegation is the sign of a good manager, but it's pretty clear if you want something done right when it involves humans, you just have to do it yourself."

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/25/us/poll-finds-us-expects-peace-dividend.html

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A majority wants the Federal Government to spend more to fight drugs and to protect the enviornment. Four out of 10 Americans said they would be willing to pay $100 a year more in Federal taxes if the money would go for those purposes.

The Mood of Americans

The poll of 1,557 adults was conducted from Jan. 13 to 15 to gauge the mood of Americans as Congress prepares to receive President Bush's budget and his State of the Union Message next week. The survey has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

The central dynamic of the new Congressional session, which opened Tuesday, will be reconciling the pressure for increased domestic spending with the continuing deficit problem and the widely expressed view in the Bush Administration that the United States should not abruptly reduce its military strength.

But pressure to cut military spending is on the rise. When Mr. Bush took office a year ago, 24 percent of the public favored a decrease in military spending. In the current survey, 36 percent said they favored such a decrease. The number who would keep military spending the same has declined over the same period, from 58 percent to 48 percent, while the 13 percent who would increase spending is essentially unchanged from a year ago.

In January 1981, when Ronald Reagan began his Presidencvy on the promise of a major military buildup, only 7 percent of the public thought military spending should be decreased, while 61 percent favored an increase.

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[liberal_at_heart]

1. But all they have to do is show a picture of a beheading and all of a sudden the majority are

willing to spend trillions more on war and cut education, SS, food stamps, and other vital programs. It's all too easy for them to tell the American people what to do.

[leftstreet]

2. It has to be a 'western' head though

Saudi Arabia beheads people all the time - no problem!!

[Karmadillo]

3. But, but, but they're going to kill us. All of us. Gutting the country for

the sake of an endless war is a small price to pay for another breath.

[scarletwoman]

4. *kick* (nt)