Left hypocritically asks how much the war cost

Although I am a numbers type person, I have always understood that there are some things more important than money.  It has long been bugging the heck out of me to hear the Bush critics complain about the cost of defending ourselves against terrorism.  They are true hypocrites because they never worry about the cost of any of their other government welfare programs; yet the one most important thing that the Federal government is supposed to do, protect the people, can't be afforded.

I see this as similar to another pet peeve that I have written about before.  Any time I see or hear a news story about a murder, where the reporter mentions how terrible it was due to the small amount of money involved, it sets me off.  I've lost track of how many letters I've written to news organizations asking for their thresholds to justify murder.  When they express such shock because someone was killed for just a few dollars, I ask them if the murder would be more acceptable if the amount had been a million dollars.  To date, no news person has had the decency to respond to my requests.

Putting a ceiling on what we can spend to prevent another September 11 terrorist attack just seems to be the same kind of mind set.

KMK

- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 4/10/2003 05:11:00 PM Send this post: