What is worse: Raising taxes to fund a failed war or not raising taxes and pushing the debt on your kids?

Question

What is worse: Raising taxes to fund a failed war or not raising taxes and pushing the debt on your kids?

Answer 1

Not paying for the war.

We should pay for our own mistakes.

Answer 2

Not cutting spending for unconstitutional social programs.

War is authorized by the Constitution, Social Security is not.

Answer 3

your question is a non-starter.........since the war hasnt failed

Answer 4

Raising Taxes is bad in all circumstances no matter what they might be!!!

Answer 5

it's all bad we sould'nt be throwing our money away on a civil war.

Answer 6

Demand that our 'leaders' balance the budget.

Answer 7

With the exception of Iraq, every other war in human history has been paid for with increased taxation, mostly on the wealthy aristocrisy, since the wealthy aristocrisy has the most to gain from war, whether it be new land, resources, or profit.

Answer 8

lowering taxes by making people pay for their own lives and not ask for government handouts

Answer 9

their both bad but i think not raising taxes because who wants their kids to go through dept because of their mistakes?

Answer 10

raising taxes for funding our dependance on foreign oil and not wanting to use nuclear power or drill for domestic oil

Answer 11

lower taxes and the government would get more income from Income taxes because more people would be working and more people would be buying stuff so Sales taxes they would get more, Proven under Kennedy and Reagan presidencies

Answer 12

Look our children and grandchildren will be paying this debt that we already have.

Answer 13

Whichever IS worse, you can bet that George Bush will do it.

Answer 14

What's worse is calling the Iraq war a failed war and thinking we can solve the gov'ts economic woes by taxation.