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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis military spending is ridiculous
Only 4 Dems, 3 Republicans and Bernie voted against the abhorrent bill that will deliver $700 billion to the U.S. military. https://t.co/8TWbDZNir0
They requested 650 million and got 700 billion.
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This military spending is ridiculous (Original Post)
Lotusflower70
Sep 2017
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The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)1. It's a bogus fascist way to prop up a fake
Economy. A huge scam.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)2. Someone must be planning to start a war.
But who?
Anyone checked the recent campaign contributions to members of Congress from the Military Industrial Complex.
diva77
(7,640 posts)3. another reason to get rid of computerized voting & tabulating
stolen elections are worth hundreds of billions if not more to the victors
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)4. The military serves multiple purposes
Jobs program is definitely one of them.
msongs
(67,403 posts)5. grease the skids so the generals will put millions in the camps when the time comes nt
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,585 posts)6. The extra $50 million is for Trump's 4th of July parade
It costs a lot to feed that fragile ego.
procon
(15,805 posts)7. Republicans also plan on huge tax cuts, which means less revenue,
so how are they going to pay for all that?