Regarding the Afghan War and the Proposed Expiration of Tax Cuts

Did you know that the ever popular Afghanistan war has already existed for 9 years now? The war began on October 7, 2001 with the primary goal of disrupting the movements of terrorist organizations and eliminating them in the process. On June 7, 2010, the war was officially declared the longest war in the history of the United States of America. And now, the war is still on a standstill with the number of US serviceman growing day by day. How many more US troops will lose their lives in foreign soil fighting for a war that is really full of uncertainties?

A popular and much debated issue of this controversial war is about the deployment of a newer batch of troops to bolster the already high number of troops stationed there. The Congress and the White House has continuously argued and debated about the exact number of troops to be deployed on the battlefield. Sending another set of troops would mean more cost to the taxpayers and also an increase in the possibility of more American casualties.

Amazingly, a Republican and renowned critic of President Obama, Rand Paul came in defense of the president when criticized about the decision of sending in more troops to the war. He said that Congress should focus more on other important functions and leave the decisions regarding the war to the White House. We should face the fact that the US is slowly but surely losing the war effort. Sending in a ton of fresh troops without gaining any significant result is just a huge waste of taxpayer’s money. There are still more internal problems that the US government should be solving rather than spend more on a war that is just going out of its way.

He also emphasized that Democrats believe that the government is key in creating jobs and saving the economy. In contrary to the belief of democrats, Republicans believe that the private sector, entrepreneurs or the business institutions are the ones who create jobs and would greatly help in economic recovery. With the impending expiration of tax cuts to be imposed by the government, he believes that this would only spell disaster. Tax cuts to be expired would mean larger taxes to business institutions where they try to cut cost by removing a fraction of their workforce. This translates into unemployment or underemployment which is very bad for the economy.

From a Republican’s point of view, businesses are very much important in salvaging what is left of the economy. Giving enough benefits and incentives to institutions would ensure their capacity to acquire manpower and provide jobs to Americans. In this time of crisis, the business sector is critical and should act as the primary mover towards economic recovery.