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Can We Afford a Big National Debt?

How many trillions of dollars can we spend before the other shoe falls, something like massive inflation? We're taking about two trillion dollars on the two wars, afghanistan and areck. But isn't it curious that whenever it comes to social spending, people ask, can we afforded? Whenever it comes to military spending, this question is never asked. And i think it's a matter of values, not not a matter of, you know, tet yes, i'm fond of pounding on conservatives who claim that they're in favor of small government, but they're not.

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