A little education for the little educated Tea Bigot and Deficit Hawks out there.
The Corporate States of America fired 20 Tomahawk missiles into Libya for whatever reason. Before you start the ridiculous "We're defending freedom" or "We have to fight them over there" bullshit, I know it's difficult for most of you but try to think for a minute.
You are complaining that the Corporate States of America is spending too much money on stupid things like education and food and help for those (Americans only!) who lost jobs, their pensions and life savings because of the two Bush/Cheney illegal wars (Obama inherited them, they're not his so don't cry about how he continues them. If they weren't there in the first place, Obama might have spent that money on something else...like infrastructure, road repair, better schools, etc.) yet not one of you room temperature I.Q.'d geniuses has complained about the cost of these missiles.
It costs $569,000 to fire ONE freaking missile! 20 were fired. Now I know most of you Tea Bigots and Deficit Hawks can't do basic math and that's one of the reasons you're so against better education in schools (you don't want your kids to learn or know more than you) so I'll do it for you.
20 missiles at $569,000 each is $11,380,000! That's just the compliment on one ship! And I'm sure we have more than one! Duh! Can't understand that amount because you lack any kind of basic math rationale? Let me put it to you this way.
NPR , which you anti first amendment asses want to defund because it's too expensive gets $100,000 per year from the government. That means one Tomahawk Missile fired could fund NPR for 5 years!
It also means those 20 just HAVE to be replaced (so we can kill more people who aren't a threat to us - like Iraq) at a higher cost estimate of $15,000,000 (thanks to rising costs of everything but wages).
That $11,000,000 (not counting replacement costs) would fund public food banks in Pennsylvania for 5 years!
That money could repair a lot of potholes and bridges here. It could provide increased police protection, something most of you fools don't realize we'll lose when Tommy Corbett Space Cadet's budget cuts mean local municipalities and school districts will have to cut their budgets to compensate for the lost taxes you already pay to Harrisburg. But you can't think that far ahead. Let's just cut spending, you scream. Fools! Who will pay for your water, subsidize your fuel, your electricity, the fleeing safety of your food? Yep! Let's cut spending and reduce corporate taxes so business can make more money...off of you.
I could go on , but what's the use? Those of you fools couldn't possibly open your minds to anything new until you or your family need help. Then you'll be the first to bitch and complain that the government didn't do anything for you.
Please contact our wonderful representative, Jason Altmire, and send a letter to our Space Cadet Governor thanking them for the cuts to everything we need but bailing out business.
Remember! According to Republican policy, cutting taxes on business means more jobs! And since our government instituted the Bush/Cheney tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 for business, we've created...no jobs! At least in America. But you don't care about that do you? Just that you think you're spending too much of your tax dollars on wasted programs.
So I agree with you. Let's cut everything! No more road repair, no more public anything, no mail delivery, no police or fire protection, no food safety...no nothing for your living standard. Then let's see how long it is before you blame someone else. I know i could hold my breath that long!