Where Politics And Video Games Collide

@Scallion
As far as your last comment goes…what are you talking about? Obama’s been pretty clear that he wants the US to leave Iraq. I’m not to satisfied on his answers as to *when* this will happen, but it’s comforting to know that he wants it to happen.

Well, the thing of it is, it doesn't matter what Obama WANTS. Leaving Iraq would destroy the region, allow for a taliban-esque regime to take hold, and create a state similar to Palestine, where Hamas is the ruling party. Staying means more US Soldiers will die. Which one has worse consequences for the World? And Barack, being the little pansy that wants to run to the UN that he is, will likely settle for 'this is best for the world, we have to think internationally, blah blah blah blah.'

We won't be leaving Iraq in the next four years, and when we do leave, it'll be catastrophic.

There's a two part solution which would benefit Iraq and the US greatly, but no one is intelligent enough to find it.

The wealthy pay most of the taxes. The top 10 percent pay about 80 percent of the total taxes, although they have about 60 percent of the nation's wealth.

That being said, the richest among those often find ways to pay no taxes, or very low taxes. Meanwhile, people who work for their 250000 to 1000000 a year are taxed at 52.4 percent, meaning I don't make money for myself until July. There aren't a lot of subsidies just for being rich. If you open business that employ people you can get subsidies.

if the US cut its defense budget to a reasonable level, and got rid of standing armies and focused more on rebuilding the National Guard and Air National guard,ended the war, stopped nuclear weapons research and maintenance, and you know, made the Department of Defense the Department of DEFENSE instead of Preemptive Warfare, we could pay for all of the social programs we have now, and then some.

If we got rid of our 'standing armies' we'd have no QRF, no well trained military to support our allies in need, and no bases in the third world from which to launch attacks as may be needed. Your idea is tactically unsound. If we stopped nuclear weapons maintanence, we'd lose nuclear capability, and be the only nation that had lost it, making us an easy target for China or North Korea (North Korea being most likely, as they don't have a monetary investment in the USA's success). The National Guard and Air National Guard are doing just fine, I don't know where you get the idea they need rebuilding. One can still drive by Fort Johannesburg (spelling) and see the tanks and HMMWVs that all still function.

By the way, ending the war would have terrible costs for the USA as well.