Just a quick rant:
I was reading a headline the other day that stated that the "Wars could cost each American $8,000." Not surprisingly, this really riled me up! Not for the reason that was intended by the headline (Which was obviously designed to burn some britches), but for another, far less obvious reason.
My first point: This is a total cost. You see, the wars are temporary. This is why we can put a price tag on them. So, we've been fighting for 5 years. That's roughly $1,600 per person per year. But the wars will end. We will be able to say, "that war cost the American taxpayer $X Trillion."
My second point: Don't you love it that it costs the "American Taxpayer" so much to fight a war, but when it's something the liberals want the government to "provide" it's "free?" "Free" healthcare. "Free" preschool and kindergarten. "Free" abortions for underage girls. "Free" hypodermic needles for addicts. "Expensive" war. Really? Is the money coming from two different places for these expenditures? No. They both come from my pocket.
My final point: You will never see a headline that says, "Government healthcare program costs each American $9,700." Why is this? Well, for one thing, it's a hell of a lot more expensive than fighting a war. The (approximately) 2.4 Trillion dollars this war has cost is over the course of five years. Any universal healthcare program would certainly cost more than $48 billion per year (the average cost of the war) and it would never end. So instead of reading "cost each American $8,000" any headline would have to read "cost each American $3,500 per year!" And this, of course, is not something the liberals in government or the media want you to consider.
"What liberal Media?" You ask. That one.
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