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In reply to the discussion: I am so sick of hearing about how we can spend the money we save from ending the wars!!!! [View all]underoath
(269 posts)7. How it is a dumb post?
do you think we can spend the money from the wars elsewhere?
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I am so sick of hearing about how we can spend the money we save from ending the wars!!!! [View all]
underoath
Dec 2012
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we will have more money in our pockets but we will not have money coming back to us in savings from
underoath
Dec 2012
#17
I do not believe you are correct. That is one of the reasons the deficit is so high
still_one
Dec 2012
#48
But we put the wars on debt! You do not get money back by cutting out debts. dur
underoath
Dec 2012
#15
Huh? I am saying that by ending the wars (which is something that needs to be done)
underoath
Dec 2012
#10
And I am saying there are different kinds of debt. Good debt and bad debt.
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2012
#46
there will be deficit spending either way, but it's better to defecit spend on things that
dionysus
Dec 2012
#25
You have nothing to worry about. The optional Middle-East wars are not going to end.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#8
all that money is being put on a credit card. we do not have the money to pay for it
underoath
Dec 2012
#32
Not exactly, I see your point but all spending or debt is not created equal
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#58