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MineralMan

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4. Uh...the green line in your chart is moving downward.

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Sat Jan 28, 2012, 02:55 PM

Jan 2012

Did you not look at the chart? If the spending goes down, the spending goes down, unless you've found some way to reverse things.

I'd say your attempt to attack the Obama Administration doesn't work very well, really, on this one.

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What Military Austerity? No Real Decrease in Pentagon Budget [View all] Better Believe It Jan 2012 OP

The world gets smaller everyday Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #1

Wait ProSense Jan 2012 #2

Doesn't matter and he knows it. JTFrog Jan 2012 #6

Expanded budget for technology and major weapons systems = expanded profits for the 1% MIC AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2012 #3

Uh...the green line in your chart is moving downward. MineralMan Jan 2012 #4

If you look carefully at the charts you will see a puny decline. Better Believe It Jan 2012 #7

And yet, it is a decline. MineralMan Jan 2012 #8

You're mistaken. That is a five year timeline on the chart, not ten. Better Believe It Jan 2012 #9

The MIC does not share power with anyone. Rex Jan 2012 #5

K&R (nt) T S Justly Jan 2012 #10

That looks like a real decrease to me... bhikkhu Jan 2012 #11

In 2016 military spending will be higher than it was in 2008. That's with so-called "cuts"! Better Believe It Jan 2012 #12