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SheilaT

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2. And the sad truth is we've been spending more

Reply to J_J_ (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:08 PM

Oct 2014

than the entire rest of the world combined for a very long time now, maybe since the end of WWII. Money that could be spent on social services, on education, on health care. The way other countries do.

Because we still have a far larger military than anyone else, because we invade or bomb countries at will and with impunity, because we have hundreds of American soldiers stationed all over the world, we still appear to be a major world power. Eventually this will all catch up with us. The decline, when it happens will probably be so swift that people wouldn't realize it's happening until much too late.

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US spends more money than rest of world combined on military,100's billions on big brother spying... [View all] J_J_ Oct 2014 OP

We do a ton more then bomb and kill yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #1

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I am definitely not saying that yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #4

And the sad truth is we've been spending more SheilaT Oct 2014 #2

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