Question for debt Hawks....

[tpeichel]

It only created jobs at Blackwater, and Haliburton who made a paradigm shift from Oilfield Service, to tactical ground supply, because of their presence in-country. There were some dollars spend with Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing and other like this, but they did not increase their employment to meet any need, they already had the inventories stock-piles because they knew that chit was going to hit the fan.

Now in terms of Blackwater and Haliburton, the US Government paid $12,000.00 more per paid Private Service Contracted Employee, than they did if they had used their own troops.

You need to elaborate first when you talk about jobs instead of pulling stuff out of your Jaksie. About 1,000 new jobs were created, not millions, and the cost was astronomical.

The military industrial complex has way too much influence on our political process.

[GroundSupport]

To say the military only grew by 1, 000 is just plain ignorant.

[duane1969]

Where were you in in 2003 when we Invaded Iraq and lost a trillion dollars that was never paid for? Where were you when Medicare Part D was never acknowledged in a budget and drove the deficit through the roof? Where were you when you were handed a 450 billion dollar surplus in 2001.. and rather than pay down the national debt.. the Republicans decided to give rich people a tax cut????

Why is it that debt only matter when a democrat is in office? Why is it you guys can destroy our economy over and over... then when the democrats try to clean it up you scream "what about the debt!"... Are you guys bi polar? Where is the responsibility on the right?

If you think that Republicans were the only ones wanting to go into Iraq then you are majorly uninformed. Democrats were right there on the "Invade Iraq" bandwagon with everyone else. That wasn't a partisan action that was opposed by 2/3rd of Americans like Obamacare was. Even remotely trying to compare the two is outright ludicrous.

As for the Bush tax cuts, everybody got a piece of that pie. Once again, no Democrats were complaining about it. They were cashing them checks just like everyone else.

[deansayso]

Where were you in in 2003 when we Invaded Iraq and lost a trillion dollars that was never paid for? Where were you when Medicare Part D was never acknowledged in a budget and drove the deficit through the roof? Where were you when you were handed a 450 billion dollar surplus in 2001.. and rather than pay down the national debt.. the Republicans decided to give rich people a tax cut????

Why is it that debt only matter when a democrat is in office? Why is it you guys can destroy our economy over and over... then when the democrats try to clean it up you scream "what about the debt!"... Are you guys bi polar? Where is the responsibility on the right?

In junior high school

[Wickabee]

If you think that Republicans were the only ones wanting to go into Iraq then you are majorly uninformed. Democrats were right there on the "Invade Iraq" bandwagon with everyone else. That wasn't a partisan action that was opposed by 2/3rd of Americans like Obamacare was. Even remotely trying to compare the two is outright ludicrous.

As for the Bush tax cuts, everybody got a piece of that pie. Once again, no Democrats were complaining about it. They were cashing them checks just like everyone else.

Umm...not sure, but from here it did NOT look like Iraq was "bipartisan" and agreed upon. Far, far from it.

[Imac7065]

If you think that Republicans were the only ones wanting to go into Iraq then you are majorly uninformed. Democrats were right there on the "Invade Iraq" bandwagon with everyone else. That wasn't a partisan action that was opposed by 2/3rd of Americans like Obamacare was. Even remotely trying to compare the two is outright ludicrous.

As for the Bush tax cuts, everybody got a piece of that pie. Once again, no Democrats were complaining about it. They were cashing them checks just like everyone else.

I agree with Iraq.. but since then the Dems have publicly said it was wrong.. the Republicans will not. As for the Tax cuts.. that was something the Dems were against since the 2000 election... what are you talking about there

[dadandsoncards]

And Obama care won't raise the debt? Good grief! Look at the national debt by the years and you see who added to the debt the most. Republicans arent innocent by any means but the dems hold a full house in terms running wild with our budget.

[Imac7065]

And Obama care won't raise the debt? Good grief! Look at the national debt by the years and you see who added to the debt the most. Republicans arent innocent by any means but the dems hold a full house in terms running wild with our budget.

Actually.. this is a myth that drives me nuts.. do liberals prefer to spend? Yes.. spending sparks growth. However, it was Ronald Reagan, not a democrat.... who drove our national debt through the roof.. (oversaw 17 debt ceiling increases FYI). It was Bill Clinton who took that debt, balanced the budget, and gave us a surplus by the year 2000. It was George W Bush who turned that surplus into the largest debt in history, and ran the deficit from +450 billion to -1.67 trillion... it's Obama who has cut the deficit by more than half in just the last few years.

Oh and Obamacare? According to the CBO.. it cuts the national debt by 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years in its current form. Republicans are currently trying to gut it as a result lol

[centrehice]

To say the military only grew by 1, 000 is just plain ignorant.

I said private sector jobs, pay attention. Show me military employment facts from 2001-20010 that show that the military grew by 1 million jobs as you have stated. That is a bold-faced lie, and you cannot prove even 1/3 of that number.

[Zimbow]

It only created jobs at Blackwater, and Haliburton who made a paradigm shift from Oilfield Service, to tactical ground supply, because of their presence in-country. There were some dollars spend with Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing and other like this, but they did not increase their employment to meet any need, they already had the inventories stock-piles because they knew that chit was going to hit the fan.

Now in terms of Blackwater and Haliburton, the US Government paid $12,000.00 more per paid Private Service Contracted Employee, than they did if they had used their own troops.

You need to elaborate first when you talk about jobs instead of pulling stuff out of your Jaksie. About 1,000 new jobs were created, not millions, and the cost was astronomical.

Very true statement. I was contracted with Raytheon as a security intelligence analyst. I wasn't military, just civilian though. We did get a pay increase but wasn't a substantial jump.