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Did you read at all what I wrote? I said: "Fight wars, build roads, pay for health care." Medicare is covered under health care.
Did you miss the fighting wars? Do states fight wars? Or is that the federal government?
Now roads, if you need help finding links about federal dollars being used to help states build roads, let me know. I'll gladly give you a few links.
So, as I see it, you're the one misrepresenting what is being said. Do you think it is dishonest for you to do that?
Guess you didn't understand what I posted either since Medicare isn't funded by Federal Income taxes
Fighting was is the responsibility of the Federal govt and is funded by FIT. The cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan is 1.4 trillion over 10 years or 140 billion a year. Deduct that from the 15.0 trillion and you have a 13.4 trillion dollar debt.
There would be no need to use FIT funds to pay for roads and infrastructure had the money collected from excise taxes on gasoline and diesel not been put into the General Fund of the Federal govt.
Try to learn about what taxes fund before making dumb statements