Obama says kill the new bomber and delay the tanker

[ableone]

Have you been paying attention? Obama is going to put is farther into deficit spending then all the presidents before him, combined. We're (be we I mean he) is digging our grand-childrens graves. All while increasing the size of gov't by 25%. This is all before his first 4 months of office are over. Yeah... that's what we need.

It's going to take a lot of debt to undo the damage Bush and friends inflicted on the United States.

Bush trashed the hotel room and handed Obama the bill.

 

[bagasticks]

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[dtfl]

Av Week had an article a while back about the USAF getting 27 (?) MC-12's. They mentioned these would have an offensive mission capability. Same article talked about the AT-6, whcih 60 yrs ago stood for the the Advanced Trainer 6

I have an idea of what the article refers to in ref to the MC12..but it won't be what you think ie - a major CAS platform...if it happens at all. The other ideas for smaller platform weapons systems such as that were tested and shelved for the most part.

 

[CrewDawg]

I have an idea of what the article refers to in ref to the MC12..but it won't be what you think ie - a major CAS platform...if it happens at all.

Heck if were trying to do more with less in the CAS department.....bring back the A-1!!!!!

 

[100-1/2]

It's going to take a lot of debt to undo the damage Bush and friends inflicted on the United States.

Bush trashed the hotel room and handed Obama the bill.

So, how does that work exactly? I am 54 Trillion in debt already and the answer out of the gate (60 Days) is 17 Executive orders and another 3.2 Trillion not including the Interest of additional debt to cover the 6 Trillion Including Interest that Bush ran up in 8 years?

Seems your arithmetic is a little "un"-able?

100-1/2

PS - Any "good' business does not survive a downturn by spending MORE money. They cut costs and scale back operations. They don't go out and buy more real estate and open more lines of credit that can't possibly be maintained when the business is good.

 

[ableone]

Except that the government is not a business.

They are trying to not repeat the same mistakes that were made when the economy crashed in 1929.

I have heard numerous right wing conservative types (WSJ - FOX news) say that they understand and support what Obama is doing. Better err on the side of doing too much than not enough.

The government could follow your advice and drastically cut spending but you would probably not enjoy the ride down.

 

[SIG600]

Except that the government is not a business.

They are trying to not repeat the same mistakes that were made when the economy crashed in 1929.

I have heard numerous right wing conservative types (WSJ - FOX news) say that they understand and support what Obama is doing. Better err on the side of doing too much than not enough.

The government could follow your advice and drastically cut spending but you would probably not enjoy the ride down.

Yeah, except that to support it thy're going to be forced to up taxes. Think you're going to tax the rich? Got news for you genius, there won't be anymore to mooch off of. Upping spending and the size of gov't, and the subsequent increase in tax on the average American is a net return of zero. It's not rocket surgery.

 

[ableone]

It was Dick Cheney who said; "Deficits don't matter."

Meaning that deficits were not a concern in the election cycle and could therefore be ignored by the Bush administration. That's responsible government.

Raising taxes is not necessarily the course of action that will be taken. A growing economy increases tax receipts.

So far the only thing the current administration has said is that the tax cuts that were going to be allowed to expire in FY10 should be kept until FY12.

In addition to that, $300 Billion of the $700 Billion in "stimulus spending" are actually tax cuts which are accounted for as a spending increase. Don't let the facts get your way.

 

[SIG600]

Raising taxes is not necessarily the course of action that will be taken. A growing economy increases tax receipts.

Just one problem here...

As far as the tax cuts as part of the stimulus, it still doesn't account for the increased operating cost of the gov't in conjunction with the MASSIVE increase in in size. The gov't we have is broken (or less than efficient), so lets make it BIGGER!

 

[pilotyip]

Kill'em all

Yeah, except that to support it thy're going to be forced to up taxes. Think you're going to tax the rich? Got news for you genius, there won't be anymore to mooch off of. Upping spending and the size of gov't, and the subsequent increase in tax on the average American is a net return of zero. It's not rocket surgery.

If you tax the rich excessively, they take their money someplace else; after all it is their money. Look at the history of high tax countries. Unless of course you use the Soviet model, which is kill them and take their assets in the name of the people.