[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by rextorres:
Maybe the U.S. should consider invading itself.

The billions spent fixing Iraq's power and water infrastructure would fix the U.S.' problems.

Others have noticed the discrepancy between foreign aid and supporting the home front. There have been some remote counties and townships, like the Key Islands in Florida, that have 'declared independence' and fired some shots in the air, then immediately surrendered and requested reconstruction aid. Then there was that West Virginia community that requested foreign aid from the Soviet Union to fix a bridge in the 1980s...

The price of ONE aircraft carrier battlegroup ($80 billion over it's full life time of operation & maintenance) would just about cover all of the bridge repairs we need in this country, for example.