tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post599160738422634652..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: Deja Vu - Guns v. Butter Election LoomsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-43790118542567343042010-03-22T14:17:38.387-05:002010-03-22T14:17:38.387-05:00Historically the military budget gets cut when the...Historically the military budget gets cut when the public thinks the military has begun to digest those it says it is protecting.<br /><br />That is clearly the case now.<br /><br />The republicans will be running on a "lets hurt more people and give more to make weapons" ticket this election.<br /><br />They could actually lose more seats if the democrats keep on a jobs path.Randyhttp://artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=3388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-27491033053646027062010-03-22T12:13:20.444-05:002010-03-22T12:13:20.444-05:00Well, I think the Republican "bloat the beast...Well, I think the Republican "bloat the beast so we can starve it" approach is going to wind up screwing everyone over. When the Chinese finally crack down and the loans get called and the American dollar crashes, one of the biggest portions of the budget is still the defense budget and that's going to have to get slashed as well, just like education and social security. When social security gets cut, there are going to be a lot of angry AARP voters, particularly if the defense budget gets untouched. They'll care less about a nebulous terrorist threat if they're faced with eating cat food in a tent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-6573469677311230452010-03-22T10:52:56.197-05:002010-03-22T10:52:56.197-05:00disaffected,
Could be, but the military journalis...disaffected,<br /><br />Could be, but the military journalists have stated the case I am passing on (with some enhancements).<br /><br />David Frum, former Bush speech writer, said the republican neoCons were handed their greatest defeat since the 1960's by the Dems yesterday.<br /><br />The proof of the pudding is in the eating, so we will revisit the theory in November.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-25673704218932647272010-03-22T09:53:04.858-05:002010-03-22T09:53:04.858-05:00Dredd,
You're more optimistic than I am. I d...Dredd,<br /><br />You're more optimistic than I am. I don't see a little thing like the diversion of tax revenues to health care or the resulting deficits getting in the way of MOMCOM budgets. Politicians on both sides if the aisle seem to have lost all fear of deficit spending, and in the case of the GOP, that fits right into their "starve the beast" (aka bankrupt the government) strategy as well. They're also gonna work overtime to strip the thing before it ever goes into effect, which, given the ineptitude of the Dems, they'll more than likely succeed at doing. It would be nice if the Dems were clever enough to have hatched such a strategy, but I think you give them too much credit by far.NowhereManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745173041874539711noreply@blogger.com