What could our Nation do with 87 billion bucks...

[oldleftguy]

...other than debt reduction?

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. It could help towards the cost of a new...

national health insurance plan to make sure that everyone is covered!!


:) :dem: :Kick:

[kalian]

2. Ummm....feed the unemployed...?

Feed the homeless...?
Provide medical coverage for the uninsured...?


Would you like for me to go on...?

[bahrbearian]

3. Well we wouldn't want to spend it on Wind or Solar power

this war is for OIL....

[Thoth]

4. A lot, like...

provide health insurance to every American
re-build our country's collapsing infrastructure
develop cleaner energy
solve world hunger
build affordable housing
and on and on...

but these are too socialistic, so we must spend money on
the military

[SharonAnn]

5. Somebody said that 870,000 college students tuition and

expenses at $25,000 a year for four years.

Sure sounds like something a lot more productive than spending it on Halliburton.

[Q]

6. Some are missing the point. A good portion of this money...

...will go directly to Bushie Friends, Family and Campaign Donors. This is 90 billion that won't go to 'liberal' social programs. That's all many Neocons need to know to approve of everlasting 'preventative war'.

[kalian]

7. Ummm....no shit....

.. :eyes:

[oldleftguy]

8. Yea...

...no shit.

[Old and In the Way]

14. I think that's about it, in a nutshell.

The "War on Terror" is a "War on the American Middle Class"....by the time the couch patato's and the dittoheads figure it out, there won't be treasury or a country worth salvaging....

[ElCid]

9. Buy back the Presidency?

...I'm not sure though, that sum might be a little lite. Anyone know the going rate these days?

[newyawker99]

16. Hi ElCid!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[leftofthedial]

10. impeach Bush

for a start.

Then,

single payer healthcare

fully funded education

a federal works project to rebuild our infrastructure and put people back to work.

alternative energy and high tech investments

[readmylips]

11. 87B to clear little man bush from the mess....

why not give him 87B straight out to his campaign. He knows he's a loser.

Further, the bushies are losing the war and now letting the UN to take over at this point, will clear little man bushie from the mess. Let the UN be blamed. They already say what a failure the UN has been in other wars.

[quam]

12. Security

I would like to see such funds for improved/increased security, not domestic Orwellian measures or hiring of hundreds of U.S. Attorneys to prosecute juveniles copying software and CDs.

Funds could be used to better secure a facility with a large populous, including large office buildings and sporting venues, and use of funds to strengthen a building's structure.

I read a month or so ago of the difficulty in funding qualified air marshals, perhaps increased funding would increase their numbers and their experience / training. I also recently read of the need for funding to research commercial aircraft anti-missile technologies, and technologies to better detect non-metal weapons. Then there are the costs associated with 'combat air patrols,' Coast Guard vessels monitoring America's coastal waters and the number of personnel to examine the contents of imported goods. Finally, it would be nice to see a 'funding cushion' for the growing costs of foreign covert intelligence gathering --- hopefully such activities have all funds necessary.

[maggrwaggr]

13. go to this site and it will show you:

http://www.costofwar.com

[oldleftguy]

15. Thanks---Thats a cool site!

:bounce:

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[Speed8098]

18. I hope that was sarcasm

Because if it wasn't, you are one of the idiots contributing to the problem.

* has been wreaking havoc on our country since the day he took office. He has lied to scare the bejesus out of you, and from your remarks, you have fallen for it, hook, line and sinker.

Educate yourself. You'll feel much better when you realize that * is just another bullshit artist who happens to have a famous daddy.

The sooner he is out, the better off this country will be.

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[VOX]

20. Enjoy your brief run here, eagle24...

The, uh, eagle-hunters are locked and loaded. You'll soon be enjoying the view from boot hill, know what I mean?

Sayonara, jack.

[Cheswick2.0]

22. hey freak show

what's next on your aggenda, brusing your tooth and kicking the dog out of the double wide?

[Cheswick2.0]

21. no it's not sarcasm, he's a freeper, hit the alert

he's waisting bandwidth