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bulloney

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5. Where did you get the 80% figure, BlueStreak?

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 10:58 AM

Dec 2012

If you have a credible source, I'd like to use it when discussing the justification of major military spending cuts with my friends and relatives who never met a military spending hike they didn't like, while at the same time, keep harping about those entitlement programs that they argue are what's breaking the bank.

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