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A question on Iraq expenditures [message #298954]

Sun, 25 November 2007 20:40

prasp
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How the fuck does the retarded monkey in the white house pay for the Iraq War?
Considering the war is costing 2 billion a month, how come inflation hasn't even begun to fully take hold of the US economy?

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #298957 is a reply to message #298954]

Sun, 25 November 2007 20:43

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'He' doesn't pay for it, you do, which is why you pay tax.

Don't pay tax, end of war. Everyone happy ^_^

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #298976 is a reply to message #298954]

Sun, 25 November 2007 22:45

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It's called 'debt' . Your parents do it all the time by borrowing on credit.

The government essentially does the same thing. If you would like to see how much the United States is in debt, follow this link:

http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #298978 is a reply to message #298954]

Sun, 25 November 2007 23:10

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Not Even Bill Gates.

Presence is a curious thing, if you think you need to prove it... you probably never had it in the first place.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #298988 is a reply to message #298954]

Mon, 26 November 2007 00:27

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To put that into perspective a while ago I saw a program that said $8 trillion would buy EVERYTHING in the UK, France, Germany and Italy. I'm not sure if this is entirely accurate today but even so it's pretty mind boggling.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299005 is a reply to message #298954]

Mon, 26 November 2007 02:48

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I'm pretty sure we borrow quite a bit of the money from the Chinese. Which is why if we pulled the plug on their imports, they'd pretty much have our nuts in a vice.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299064 is a reply to message #298954]

Mon, 26 November 2007 09:16

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Pretty much every country is in debt, but you gotta think how much money USA and other allies countrys are making out the War over there. Thumbs Up

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299065 is a reply to message #299064]

Mon, 26 November 2007 09:23

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IronWarrior wrote on Mon, 26 November 2007 11:16

Pretty much every country is in debt, but you gotta think how much money USA and other allies countrys are making out the War over there. Thumbs Up

Switzerland is pretty close to no debt.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299207 is a reply to message #299064]

Mon, 26 November 2007 18:38

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IronWarrior wrote on Mon, 26 November 2007 10:16

Pretty much every country is in debt, but you gotta think how much money USA and other allies countrys are making out the War over there. Thumbs Up

The United States isn't making ANY money out there. Companies, like Halliburton, who seemed to profit from the war, aren't doing that great either.

And the Chinese hold trillions in US Currency and T-Bills. However, their economy is so entangled with America's, that any American economic slump will drastically affect the Chinese.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299230 is a reply to message #298954]

Mon, 26 November 2007 19:46

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I didn't know that the US's national debt had hit 9 trillon dollars.

Damn, Bush must really like this, he's emptying the public coffers and placing them into his fatass pockets, and nobody's doing anything about it.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299254 is a reply to message #299230]

Mon, 26 November 2007 21:00

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prasp wrote on Mon, 26 November 2007 20:46

Don't say stuff you don't know are true. If he was pocketing money he would have been impeached. It's not Bush's fault. You are an ignorant fool. American has been in debt for YEARS. Clinton payed off the last bit of the Civil War debt in his term.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299257 is a reply to message #298954]

Mon, 26 November 2007 21:57

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If he was pocketing money he would have been impeached.

No, actually the media is afraid to criticize his dumbass past facts are public knowledge.

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It's not Bush's fault.

Ok, so Bush is Cheney's puppet, yeah, I'll admit that, but he still is a neo-mean lady.

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Clinton payed off the last bit of the Civil War debt in his term.

Actually, it's the Vietnam War, get your facts straight.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299259 is a reply to message #299257]

Mon, 26 November 2007 22:29

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prasp wrote on Mon, 26 November 2007 23:57

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Clinton payed off the last bit of the Civil War debt in his term.

Actually, it's the Vietnam War, get your facts straight.

A war is a war, what does it matter which one? Since Clinton obviously payed off some portion of the Debt, that goes against what you said that it is Bush's fault for the US to even be in debt...

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299274 is a reply to message #298954]

Mon, 26 November 2007 23:31

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If you had an idea of how the economy really works, I'd think you'd be able to answer your own question...or at least search for an answer instead of posting here.

Do you even play Renegade anymore, or are you going into politics or something?

You may be a fundamentalist atheist if...

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299414 is a reply to message #299257]

Tue, 27 November 2007 14:00

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prasp

No, actually the media is afraid to criticize his dumbass past facts are public knowledge.

Since when is the media too afraid to criticize Bush and his administration? They've been doing it for the past 7 years.

prasp

Ok, so Bush is Cheney's puppet, yeah, I'll admit that, but he still is a neo-mean lady.

You're a mindless drone.

whoa.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299434 is a reply to message #298954]

Tue, 27 November 2007 14:49

Jecht
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"prasp"

No, actually the media is afraid to criticize his dumbass past facts are public knowledge.

LMAO
Yes...truly all you here in the media is how everyone agrees with Bush right now.

[Updated on: Tue, 27 November 2007 14:50]

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299448 is a reply to message #298954]

Tue, 27 November 2007 15:41

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Inflation will end in the U.S. once the soldiers in Iraq are back here.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299461 is a reply to message #299448]

Tue, 27 November 2007 16:03

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DeAd3yE11 wrote on Tue, 27 November 2007 16:41

Inflation will end in the U.S. once the soldiers in Iraq are back here.

Perhaps a basic economics course will prove to you otherwise.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299471 is a reply to message #299461]

Tue, 27 November 2007 16:34

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nikki6ixx wrote on Tue, 27 November 2007 17:03

DeAd3yE11 wrote on Tue, 27 November 2007 16:41

Inflation will end in the U.S. once the soldiers in Iraq are back here.

Perhaps a basic economics course will prove to you otherwise.

Wow, you make yourself seem more ignorant with every post... Thumbs Up

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299498 is a reply to message #299471]

Tue, 27 November 2007 19:12

R315r4z0r
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ignorant, maybe, but he is right... Just because money is being spent on the war, doesn't mean when the war is over, money will start growing on trees.

The economy is based on the market and how the people react to products in the market. How is some conflict in the middle east going to effect the demand of people who want an iPhone in the US?

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299502 is a reply to message #298954]

Tue, 27 November 2007 19:17

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prasp wrote on Sun, 25 November 2007 21:40

How did a retard like you stay on this forum without getting kicked off?

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299504 is a reply to message #299498]

Tue, 27 November 2007 19:22

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razorblade001 wrote on Tue, 27 November 2007 21:12

Actually, the weapons industry is huge. Of course, our government buys from American military goods corporations. So a lot of what our government is spending overseas is coming back into our nation.

Inflation isn't about the demand and supply of a market. Inflation is how saturated the economy is. The more people spend, the better, but not when the government keeps forcing money into the economy.

whoa.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299506 is a reply to message #299504]

Tue, 27 November 2007 19:27

R315r4z0r
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Sorry, I phrased it wrong. Rocked Over

What I meant to say is what does soldiers in the middle east have to do with Apple setting a price for the demand of the iPhone in the US.

Cause that is strictly how many people want to buy it in comparison with how much they have to sell. Not how much money they have to pay the government. ..

... or DO they? *thinks about random government conspiracy*

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299508 is a reply to message #298954]

Tue, 27 November 2007 19:36

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What are you talking about?

Money that the government spends on the war is fed back into our economy. While some government spending is good (ie. WWII for America in the Great Depression), too much causes the inflation because our government seemingly likes to just create money out of thin air.

The supply and demand side of the economy is affected by inflation, not the other way around.

whoa.

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Re: A question on Iraq expenditures [message #299511 is a reply to message #299508]

Tue, 27 November 2007 19:55

R315r4z0r
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Kinda-sorta.
Now I shall explain something you probably already know:

-Due to the War, oil imports ceased
-supply went down
-price went up
-since people need gas, personal income money went down
-less money = less demand
-less demand = more left over (more supply)
-Company of product needs to balance the price at an equilibrium, thus using the quantity demanded compared to the quantity supplied to calculate the highest price people would willingly buy at.
-People buy product & pay tax
-tax goes to government to fund war effort.

Like I said, cheesesoda, you probably already knew that, but I was explaining it to the other people I originally had a response to. Smile

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