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cbrer

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19. Do your figures

Reply to lefty16 (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 14, 2012, 04:38 PM

Mar 2012

For welfare include corporate welfare?

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Guess What Our Government Is Doing With 600 Billion Dollars [View all] Playinghardball Mar 2012 OP

Du rec. Nt xchrom Mar 2012 #1

does this graph take into account medicare/medicade and tricare? Demonaut Mar 2012 #2

For one thing, can I point out, that if our government didn't foster truedelphi Mar 2012 #8

okay....didn't answer the question posted Demonaut Mar 2012 #10

I can't find a single pie chart graph or discussion on the sites truedelphi Mar 2012 #20

Graph isn't accurate lefty16 Mar 2012 #11

Forgot lefty16 Mar 2012 #12

So the health care, pensions, other spending and education in your numbers JDPriestly Mar 2012 #15

Do your figures cbrer Mar 2012 #19

Is Tricare listed under Health Care? Because it is really a military expense.n/a fasttense Mar 2012 #23

Well the graph clearly has Health expenditures on it. fasttense Mar 2012 #22

priorities Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #3

But what magnificent kill ratios we can achieve in our pre-emptive (PNAC-style) indepat Mar 2012 #4

George Carlin used to refer to war as the "bigger dick foreign policy at work" Initech Mar 2012 #6

Yup. Gotta keep everything in context. woo me with science Mar 2012 #29

Sheer madness, sheer insanity. The quality of life of the people sacrificed to feed the MIC indepat Mar 2012 #34

We'll bend over backwards to keep the fucking war machine happy.. Initech Mar 2012 #5

As long as war is profitable to banks and corporations, we will go to war. woo me with science Mar 2012 #18

I wonder what percentage of that $600 billion dotymed Mar 2012 #7

What isn't shown is the interest on this debt. sad sally Mar 2012 #9

Much of the War and War Machine budgeting is hidden as well. Ford_Prefect Mar 2012 #13

Excellent post. nt woo me with science Mar 2012 #16

Boy do I hear you. n/t truedelphi Mar 2012 #21

Misinformation in the graph Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #14

Social Security is self funded and this does not take into account the almost $3 Trillion in notes. fasttense Mar 2012 #24

As to your points Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #25

'..hole...' uponit7771 Mar 2012 #27

The MIC owns USA(tm). Rex Mar 2012 #17

We have a MIC no doubt and it's control is disproportionate at best uponit7771 Mar 2012 #26

Misleading, if that's federal spending thesquanderer Mar 2012 #28

Their goes the deficit, or does that only matter when our tax dollars midnight Mar 2012 #30

That is about half of what we spend on our military MadHound Mar 2012 #31

AMEN!!! n/t ejbr Mar 2012 #32

So this is why my elderly parents have no health care choices.... glinda Mar 2012 #33

K&R woo me with science Mar 2012 #35