Originally Posted by JesseD

Defense budget has only nominally increased as a percentage of GDP because of Iraq. It has been greater in just about every year in the history of the US. The cost of this war and timeframe is only a blip and doesn't affect the economy that greatly. IT is not the reason the Dems want to raise taxes on the wealthy. Dems have been making that speech since the beginning of time. Dems feel that the rich should pay a disproportionate amount of the tax burden. That is their philosophy. People can choose to vote on Dems knowing that this is their platform.