I hope you don't own firearms Sonof2...
War against radicals is just a tip of the iceberg, underground spending doesn't stop there. Our own government would rather fund toppling of foreign governments than wellfare for its own citizens. You want to cut the debt, then stop buying what you can't afford. Hegemony is something that America can't afford right now, but no one here wants to give it up and would rather cut wages and wellfare programs. An obscure political name in a country which name hardly anyone can pronounce gets tons of $$ while back home 1 in 6 Americans are starving.
Immigration opponents often complain that US started looking like a third world country because of so many immigrants from there. US doesn't look like 3rd world country because of its people but because of policies like those, spending like drunken sailors abroad and not solving basic problems at home.
The "tax rich people" argument is so thin. Taxing them is playing the cat and mouse game, those that don't like paying taxes will find a loophole and move their money in an offshore tycoon's heaven. Of course we could rise taxes on them, but that's only partial relief.