What also has been failed to be mentioned is that the wars were financed with borrowed money.
So, if the amount “saved” by ending the wars was $1T and Obama wants to spend $500B of the “savings” domestically - he has to borrow $500B MORE, or print “Mo’ Money” [driving down the value of the dollar further] ...
Chicago Tribune: “................Both of these men boast Ivy League degrees. And each has shown himself capable of tremendous personal achievement.
But on Wednesday night, one man behaved as if he wanted to use what he has learned in life to lift America from its torpor. The other man behaved as if he was still strolling across Harvard Yard.”
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