Republicans have once again demonstrated that they are the party...

[PLATO]

You've only listed direct costs.

Read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War

$6 trillion just for veteran care alone.

So yeah.

We are actually talking government costs here since we are talking the governments budget. From your own link:

A 2013 updated study[2] pointed out that U.S. medical and disability claims for veterans after a decade of war had risen to $134.7 billion from $33 billion two years earlier.

Hardly a major contributer to $11 trillion in debt, but it is some!

So No.

[Sava]

Please stop trying to save the republican party, Sava.

Only Jesus saves.

[PLATO]

Please stop trying to save the republican party, Sava.

What is your alternative to the democratic party? Or are you for one party rule?

[PLATO]

Only Jesus saves.

Jesus saves...governments spend?

[Sava]

So No.

I don't know if you truly have reading comprehension issues, or you are just purposefully obtuse. But maybe read the first paragraph:

An update in 2013 topped this at US$6 trillion.

The last sentence.

Also...

U.S. medical and disability claims

is just one part of the cost.

[DaShi]

What is your alternative to the democratic party? Or are you for one party rule?

The Green party is a reasonable alternative.

[PLATO]

I don't know if you truly have reading comprehension issues, or you are just purposefully obtuse. But maybe read the first paragraph:



The last sentence.

Also...

is just one part of the cost.

I guess if you believe Brown University over actual budget figures then how can I argue?

[Guynemer]

Yes. Everyone lost. But not everyone is to blame.

I'm sorry, who elected these people?

Yes, everyone is to blame.

[PLATO]

The Green party is a reasonable alternative.

Okay. Would be interesting to see what they could do for the environment with the total defense budget at their disposal.

[PLATO]

I'm sorry, who elected these people?

Yes, everyone is to blame.

I agree...there is blame enough to go around. Republicans and Democrats alike as well as the stupid people who believe whatever the media tells them.

[Sava]

I agree...there is blame enough to go around. Republicans and Democrats alike as well as the stupid people who believe whatever the media tells them.

Nah. We should blame the 30-40 people who are directly responsible.

If everyone is to blame, no one is to blame.

Accountability

[PLATO]

Nah. We should blame the 30-40 people who are directly responsible.

If everyone is to blame, no one is to blame.

Accountability

Obama, Boehner, Reid, Pelosi, Cruz....

[Sava]

Boehner, Cruz....

Fixed.

[PLATO]

Fixed.

Truly I believe if you want to narrow it down, you have to say...

THANKS OBAMA!

[DaShi]

It was Obama, Pelosi, and Reid who were at fault for giving in to republican budget demands in the first place. Had they not done that, the republicans wouldn't have felt so emboldened to shutdown the government and threaten the debt ceiling over Obamacare.