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Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker
I believe that wars do not count towards the deficit.
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President Bush didn't count the cost of the wars as part of the national debt but the deficit continued to grow after Democrats took control of Congress in 2006. Once President Obama, in a move toward transparency, added the cost of the wars to the national deficit, the debt grew exponentially.
Also, the iraq war and the war in afghanistan are the 1st 2 wars in american history that were not funded via taxes/tax increase. we have borrowed that money.