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Just to end this silliness using your numbers in the budget. http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/factsheet_department_defense
$553 billion was the amount Obama requested. Only half of the deficit.
I'm a Libertarian. Even if I were a Republican, you can't argue the facts that spending is totally out of control. Can you name one country that spent itself into prosperity?
You must be right since you got your numbers from Obama's proposed budget that did not get even one vote in the House of representatives. If you are going to accuse me of not using the facts, than why resort to that piece of science fiction? I hope you understand the budget you just posted is not the actual spending that happened in 2012. It never became law.
It's the spending stupid. Even with tax rates going up and the cuts going into effect, we still spend more than we take in. Cut defense 100% and tax the rich at 100%, we still are not at a balanced budget. The federal government does not have an income problem, it has a spending problem.