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Cleita

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3. Why not pass a law stating military contractors must produce military stuff

Reply to SoCalDem (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 06:08 PM

Sep 2014

for what it costs. They are not allowed to make a profit. Watch Halliburton, Blackwater, Xe or whatever they are calling themselves today, Boeing and the rest disappear into the corn field. I think this is what we did during WWII. The manufacturers of war equipment and arms weren't expected to make a profit.

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The US needs a "permanent" war tax [View all] SoCalDem Sep 2014 OP

Please no, not another regressive tax that forces the poor to pay for rich men's wars. Warpy Sep 2014 #1

Sadly, it would have to be on everyone to have any real impact SoCalDem Sep 2014 #2

Why not pass a law stating military contractors must produce military stuff Cleita Sep 2014 #3

Ford, GM and all the rest made huge profits in WW II. former9thward Sep 2014 #6

It should. n/t Cleita Sep 2014 #7

I wish we could base it on people's fear or how much they stand to profit from the wars. nt logosoco Sep 2014 #4

I do believe Old Codger Sep 2014 #5