Cost? What, Me Worry?

People are starting to wonder how we're gonna pay for an escalation in Afghanistan. Which is funny, since one thing we all know as stupid real Americans is that when it comes to pretend wars, it's perfectly fine to simply print the money regardless of the actual price, unlike, say healthcare, for which it's more important to scare the shit out of people about something they do not understand  deficits than actually make happen if it doesn't pay for itself. I mean, I'm sure there's a reason the Pentagon doesn't include wars into their budget, but to see this as something curious of course makes you a sane person Jesus-hating traitor.

Thankfully, Obama is looking to have actual accounting during his administration and not an endless run of magic tricks and "looky, a shiny quarter!!!"-type distractions. To be honest, as I look back I'm mildly surprised Bush didn't simply offer to just buy everybody in the country a pony. Who can be bothered to look into things like budgets and deficits when you're making new ribbons to put in Miss Elijah D. Pony's beautiful, silky hair? Certainly not me.