Hey Bro:

Loved the quote from the "Last Patriot". You quoted it and cited its source properly. Great.
Then you stopped quoting or citing where you got your information and just....blogged.

How much have the 10 years of wars cost? Now, bear in mind here the value we're looking for is:
"Amount to fund the armed services while the conflicts are on" minus "Amount to fund the armed service with no conflicts".

Its important to note that armed forces cost money whether they are at war or not so its important to take that into account. Also, just out of interest, people get killed in the armed forces every week even when they are not at war. You put 30,000 people in a field with armored personnel  carriers, tanks, trucks, helicopters etc...and a few of them are going to get killed. Its just how the numbers work.

Lowering taxes that the wealthiest Americans pay? The Bush tax cuts eliminated income tax for just under 49% for filing tax payers. If  you need I can provide links. And things all depend upon what you consider to be wealthy. Barrack Obama says people are wealthy if they have a combined house hold income of 200K. Whether he means that before or after deductions, he wasn't really clear. But a household with 200K of income means a professional mommy and daddy both working. That kind of family is not:
a. That unusual,
b. Not IMHO wealthy.

You can see where I'm going with this.

The basic truth is the government has no money nor should it have. To get money it must steal it from the people but since stealing is, for you and I, against the law, they created another word for it, taxes. But lets be honest, its stealing none the less.

I'm also interested to know where you got the numbers that 1% of Americans control 40% of the wealth. I'd like to read that too.

Cheers,
John