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America is for all it's citizens. It's not about how much you have... it's about being born an American. 


Think how greedy and corrupt a this country would be if only the well off could vote. It's not even imaginable but we got a small taste of it before organized labor and how the regular American worker was to a great extent  treated terribly.


The problem with spending is completely across Party lines and has a lot to do with the way our government was set up in the first place. Representatives can't get re-elected if they don't bring money back to their home Districts or States. That's just the way it is. But we're almost in such a terrible spot under this last 8 years of Republican "Borrow & Spend" that it might actually help everyone to be able to think of the big picture.


The big things have to be funded... the military... Social Security & Medicare/Medicaid things like this. These are only really debatable as far as size & dollar amounts... not if or if not. 


The United States gives away a lot money to the rest of the world... an unbelievable amount. As much as I like to help people in need I think sometimes there are economic times here at home when we have to bring the lion's share of that money back in house and work on our own financial problems here at home. 


If the government reduced it's foreign aid I really believe churches & charities would focus in on the most needy and there would still be some needed help probably focused to the most needy and most desperate situations.


So it all really boils down to HOW we spend our money and where.


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