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4. It's also a jobs program

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 05:33 PM

Feb 2018

Mostly in the South. Most of the large military bases and posts are in the South because that Spanish Armada could pop up at any time you know.

Each base creates a lot of jobs in the community from housing to retail to restaurants to auto dealerships.

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Question for DUers- [View all] malaise Feb 2018 OP

OIL!!!! eom asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #1

assuming facts not in evidence. unblock Feb 2018 #2

I can see the need for any country to protect oneself but malaise Feb 2018 #3

We need to steal the wealth of other countries ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2018 #14

Thanks malaise Feb 2018 #15

It's also a jobs program underpants Feb 2018 #4

Yes. A very big, inefficient jobs program TexasBushwhacker Feb 2018 #21

We need to have more military than the rest of the world combined. lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #5

Because we need 13 aircraft carriers underpants Feb 2018 #6

Bigger dick foreign policy! Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #7

pros and cons LanternWaste Feb 2018 #8

Department of Defense is the Republican Job Corp marylandblue Feb 2018 #9

military/indusrrial complex KT2000 Feb 2018 #10

We didn't have a big one until after WWII started. It's socialism to fight off communism. TheBlackAdder Feb 2018 #11

$$$$$$$ johnp3907 Feb 2018 #12

The only reason the U.S. has one is so that our senators and representatives who are in LiberalArkie Feb 2018 #13

Its the only domestic product we have that is difficult to outsource. Its a big Hoyt Feb 2018 #16

We forgot what Eisenhower warned: spanone Feb 2018 #17

For real malaise Feb 2018 #19

Fear Egnever Feb 2018 #18

Because those military contractors have to be fed regularly, of course RandomAccess Feb 2018 #20

Featherbedding lpbk2713 Feb 2018 #22