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Union Yes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 06:37 AM
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Poll question: Will the Conservative Party be another war spending deficit creating machine?
Regarding the special election in NY-23rd district.

Will the Conservative Party be a pro-military/industrial complex spending machine that is addicted to warfare if Con Party Doug Hoffman wins? Will he and his party be like the warpigs Ray-Gun and the Bush criminal family who were willing to deficit spend our nation into bankruptcy to fund our war machine?

Fiscal mismanagement, deficit spending, war spending, warmongering, inability to balance a budget all became the bread and butter of conservative politician since 1980's election of Ray-gun.

Balancing a budget has never been a priority to a modern conservative.

Since Ray-guns election in 1980..

From 1982-2008 "defense" spending has ranked the #1 largest sector of ALL government spending and is responsible for more than 75% of our $12+ TRILLION federal debt.

Will Doug Hoffman and his Con Party change that dreadful Reich Wing addiction to war spending if elected? Or is he a Ray-gun conservative?
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 07:36 AM
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1. What spending would you cut?
Sounds like another airhead, ...

www.DOUGHoffMANforCONGRESS.COM

I would cut the pork and wasteful earmarks. When the Democrats took control of congress, they did so with the promise to end earmarks. Unfortunately, they not only did not end earmarks, they took them to a whole new level. I didn't have to think twice. I signed the pledge to oppose pork barrel spending."
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Union Yes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 08:52 AM
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3. Reply #2 was meant as a reply to you.
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Union Yes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 08:50 AM
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2. First, I'd abandon the notion that the US military is the world's police force.
Edited on Sun Nov-01-09 08:50 AM by Union Yes
Then I'd bring ALL of our troops home.

Then I'd close our 700 international military bases. The bases outside of the US. I'd consider closing a few stateside military bases.

I'd slash our annual military budget by 75%.

Then I'd push for a constitutional amendment banning America from pre-emptive warmongering and outlaw attacking any nation unless it's part of a comprehensive coalition of our allies with full sanctioning from the UN.

But that's just me.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-01-09 09:05 AM
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4. Abandon the notion that satellite and bomber builders direct our "defense" budget
The Gates (Obama) defense budget was a step in the right direction.
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