You know .... its really pretty damned simple ..........

[Stinky The Clown]

..... the country's problems - the **real** problems - could be solved in a heartbeat. Just spend the money from our taxes on what *needs* to be done .... not on a stupid war waged entirely at the whim of a dry drunk ne'er-do-well.

Healthcare? Money.

Katrina recovery? Money.

Homelessness? Money.

Childbirth deaths? Money.

Veterans' care? Money.

*Real* homeland sekurity? Money.

*Real* national *defense*? Money.

Name a real issue that the majority of us care about and the cure is pretty much spelled out in one word: Money.

But our national leadership has squandered our treasure on the folly of a madman.

We liberals tend to squabble about the damnedest, most arcane of issues. But the real fight is not amongst oursleves. It is with those who are hellbent to destroy our country by starving it to death.

Were the common weal funded fully, we would find ourselves in the enviable position of deciding what one of many good works to do next, not what one good work we can eke out funding for.

End the bleeding that is the Iraq War and our problems will pretty much solve themselves.

As Congress considers the upcoming budget and supplemental funding, why can they NOT see this?

Or do they and willfully avoid it?

[garybeck]

1. it is ALL about the money

the republican party is all about the money. everything they do, just look for the money trail. they don't give a shit about their religion, it's all a costume they put on so they can steal our money and give it to themselves and the corporations that help them get to power. that's it. money.

[grasswire]

2. yeah but they can't divert profits to donors and cronies...

....by spending money on the needs of everyday citizens. Only when they privatize and privateer is the maw filled.

[Hissyspit]

3. SOCIAL SECURITY

[Faux pas]

4. Too busy giving the big bucks to the big corps, got nothing

left for taking care of or protecting we, the people. When did they change it to we, the corporations?