Unlimited War Wallet at the Expense of the People

So, we pay taxes to advance the interest of a handful of corporations - and get nothing in return, but the opportunity to sit on an IED.

An administration official has said the president will request a total of $245 billion to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through late 2008. That will include a $100 billion request for the wars for the rest of the current fiscal year that ends on September 30 and $145 billion for next year. ...

"Controlling spending also requires us to address the unsustainable growth of entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid," Bush said. "Spending for these programs is growing faster than inflation, faster than our economy, and faster than our ability to pay for it.

Legalese

[HomelessInLaJolla]

The relevant legalese which allows this to happen can be found here [slashdot.org].

Of particular interest is the quote from the 14th Amendment (pph.) "the validity of the public debt shall not be questioned". What business does that have in a legal document in general or, more specifically, in the Constitution of the United States of America (land of the free, home of the brave, home of free speech, etc. etc. etc.)? Shouldn't the politicians be free to debate whatever they wish for however long they wish? Isn't that wh

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[Jeremiah Cornelius]

You are bang-on about the debt in 1865.

The Civil War was a tool for the international super-capitalist class to get their hooks in, as they had done to Europe in Napoleon's wars.

They had only been called "capitalist" for 21 years at this time, Das Kapital being published in 1844. Marx wasn't on to half the shit.

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[HomelessInLaJolla]

I don't know which is worse--that they did it or that the population hasn't risen up and lynched them all.

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[Jeremiah Cornelius]

They can only rise against that they know to exist.
"Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself."

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[HomelessInLaJolla]

It doesn't hurt to precondition the people with 12 years of government approved (edited) history, social studies, and economics either.

Some day we will train all of our babies to walk around with their hand on their head. At first it will seem silly until it's illegal to walk around with both hands at waist level (security policy: nobody needs to mistake another as reaching for a gun on their belt) but, after a few years, everyone will catch on.

And then the aliens will laugh their butts off at the silly h