Here are some logical flaws in this commercial.
1) The $85 billion was voted on by congress and it was passed. This would require many members of the Democratic Party, the same people that paid for this commercial, to vote for this bill.
2) Once you build more schools and hire 2 million teachers; you will have spent $85 billion, true but that is only the first year. The commercial is implying that this money would cover this and we would never have to pay for the schools and teachers again. The fundamental governmental principal is that once money is spent on one item, it will never stop spending on that item. So, their idea is to spend $85 billion for the first year and continue with that same spending for the following years. This can only be covered by taking additional money out of your pocket in the form of taxes.
3) Spending more money on education has been proven to be a failure. The current educational budget is now higher than the total US budget in the 1980’s. Test scores have fallen even in brand new schools.
4) Although some might not agree to the USA invading Iraq, it would be cruel to not help the people of Iraq to rebuild their destroyed country. It would be equally cruel to completely pull out of Iraq and let the people fend for themselves, as some presidential hopefuls would like us to do. The reality is that once we free a country from a tyrant, we will occupy that country for a very long time. We are still in Germany, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. We are fooling ourselves in thinking that we will leave Iraq in 5-10 years. Once Iraq is a democratic nation, we will continue to occupy it and prove to the neighboring countries that strong arm dictatorships will never succeed compared to the will of the people.
posted by Tera @ 10:41 AM
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