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In reply to the discussion: Candidly, I do not see the necessity at this time for "Shared Sacrifice" [View all]Samantha
(9,314 posts)I was opposed to the Iraq war from the moment it was proposed. I spoke out against it during the invasion. I watched our troops cross that desert and cried, knowing the innocent Iraqi citizens who would die in this war was because of a campaign for which all Americans would be held responsible, including me.
A large part of the 10.5 Trillion Dollar Deficit George W. Bush* accumulated during his eight years in office (and kept off-budget with Enron-type accounting techniques) was due to that war. Now here we are a decade later, and that debt has escalated as part of the Bush legacy.
Do not ask me to sacrifice my earned benefits to pay for that war. Talk to the people who most profited from it and who today pay little to zero corporate income taxes. That would be Halliburton and The Carlyle Group. Dick Cheney received deferred compensation from Halliburton during his terms in office as Vice President. George H.W. Bush is a principle in The Carlyle Group. Ask them to ante up from their profits from this illegal, immoral war.
Sam