>>If he pulls out of Iraq, he won't need a tax increase for his new programs. I'm not advocating dumping Iraq just like that, mind you, but if he does, he'll have a lot of money to spend.
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>That was a part of his plan on where the money would come from in the beginning of his campaign when he promised to have all troops out of Iraq within 16 months. You can find it if you look for older copies of his tax plan.
So what happens if he needs to deploy the troops out again in an international crisis? Where is the money coming from then? Is he banking on that he will never have to use the military as long as he's in office?
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