save billions for healthcare reform by putting an end to wasteful spending on foreign adventures

[laststeamtrain]

"save billions for healthcare reform by putting a timely end to wasteful spending on the feckless foreign adventures launched by his predecessor...."


DRAFT: President Obama's Address to Congress, September 9, 2009

Good evening, both to you members of Congress assembled here, and to fellow Americans in our wider TV and radio audience.

I plan to talk first about health care reform. Then I will make some fresh proposals regarding how to pay for it, since this is a legitimate concern.

A new strategy will kill two birds with one stone. It finds the money for health care reform by curbing wasteful, self-defeating spending on military adventures abroad—adventures that are making us less, not more, safe. Stay tuned. ... http://www.opednews.com/articles/Help-for-Obama-Speech-Wedn-by-Ray-McGovern-090908-480.html

[valerief]

1. You mean stop our opium trade??? But obscenely wealthy people get richer that way. nt

[FiveGoodMen]

2. SO recommended!

[treestar]

3. I've heard righties claim that we pay for defense for other countries!

And that's why they have the $$ for health care systems!

You'd think the RW would prefer it be spent at home, but no. Anything to stroke their absurd egos, where the U.S. has to have the biggest military in the world.

[elocs]

4. Blank checks for foreign wars, but every dollar for healthcare reform must be accounted for. n/t

[KansDem]

5. We're currently spending $720 million A DAY on the Iraq invasion and occupation...

One Day = $720 Million

Why?

[Mari333]

6. add the afghanistan QUAGMIRE onto that number

and the monies paying MERCENARIES THAT OUTNUMBER SOLDIERS OVER THERE..
end BOTH stinking illegal occupations and we can pay for health care for everyone..and cut the goddamned defense dept bdget by 2/3