Save Our Souls

I read an article in the NY Times today: Cost of Wars a Rising Issue as Obama Weighs Troop Levels

Right off the bat, the article hits upon the topic of most concern to me and I'm guess a whole lot of other American citizens right about now.

How can we justify cutting spending, increasing taxes or raising the debt ceiling when $120 billion is being spent in Afghanistan this year alone?


This is precisely the point I attempted to make via a sloppy, reactionary Twitter feed during the CNN GOP debate in New Hampshire a couple of weeks ago. There's a ton of talk about the struggling economy, the ever fluctuating stock market, the stagnant housing market, the job market, etc. These are the things that are affecting Americans the hardest and most noticeably. Job security is important, but it's not a luxury a lot of Americans enjoy. The cost of living is only going up. Federal cuts to higher education are causing enormous tuition increases across the nation. At the University of Washington, and expected 20% tuition increase is expected to take effect next year. 


We're told money can't buy us happiness. Well, lack of money sure can cause a whole lot of strife.

The American military is doing too much. A country that's suffering economically can't try to revive an entire country that has no economy, infrastructure, or even stable government. We've got to get our troops moving out, get our money back into the U.S. and  figure out how to save our citizens at home before we try to save the world.