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In reply to the discussion: The grand grotesquery of the U.S. military - By Mark Morford [View all]truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)2. And of course the situation is even worse than the chart,
since it doesn't include the Dept of Veteran Affairs, or Energy Dept expenditures for the nuclear stuff. I also like to show my wingnutty relatives (I don't have any wingnutty friends) that pie chart that shows how 57 cents of every dollar of the discretionary budget goes to Defense, and ask them to point out the welfare expenditures....
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If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ...
Scuba
Feb 2015
#6
All the military might has to be used or some may take notice of the obscene waste.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#11
The defense budget is defending the wealth and income and growing the wealth and...
stillwaiting
Feb 2015
#24
Wouldn't it be awesome if we paid those military contractors to do GOOD in the world
think
Feb 2015
#8
While it may be pie in the sky I truly hope you get the chance someday. Thank you for the response!
think
Feb 2015
#20
"Prussia is not a state that has an army, but an army that has a state." Mirabeau
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#12
You think mandatory service, would not only improve the military operational capabilities,
NM_Birder
Feb 2015
#32