By the Time You Read This Blog Post…Another Million Will Be Lost
The sky might not be falling, but the global economy certainly is.
In the time you read this blog post, assuming that you are the average English-language reader, another $1 million has been spent on the war in Iraq.
Since the average Jack of All Blogs reader is NOT a millionaire, it’s safe to assume that we have no concept of how much money that really is. And that’s part of the problem. We hear these monstrous numbers tossed out and they become nothing more than a statistic. It’s very difficult to care about something when you don’t understand it.
Now I’m no scholar. Heck, I barely grasp many of the main concepts politics are based upon. And I definitely can’t pronounce Ahmadinejad without stumbling. But isn’t the answer to our economic problems pretty clear?
Bring the f*cking troops home.
The average household income in 2007, according to the Census Bureau was $50,233. That means in under 13 seconds the government has spent what you earn – ALL YEAR - in Iraq.
Whether you have been for the war or against it (or be for it before you were against it) at any given moment, that’s fine. The bottom line is we now need to get our asses out of there and take a more non-interventionism approach.
No one is suggesting we turn our back on malaria and clean drinking water for the world, but shouldn’t we be putting ‘Country First?’ The very people chanting it don’t get it.
“But if we leave Iraq now that will lead to defeat.”
I don’t really understand what that means. It’s one thing to finish what you started, it’s another to keep putting repairs into that 1996 Saturn when it simply won’t run the way you want it to.
Since the presidential candidates can’t win an election if they raise taxes, you should just expect the services you’re currently enjoying to be sliced and diced. You can even kiss that 4% increase goodbye, assuming you still have a job.
The media fans the flames and the $700 billion bail out fizzles. Isn’t the solution right in front of our face?
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There is alot going on that shouldn`t be. Maybe soon cooler heads will be able to get things straightened out
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John White said this on October 11, 2009 10:17 am