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ck4829

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2. These defense cuts are for stuff the military doesn't need, they have even said they don't want it

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2012, 08:00 AM

May 2012

When you build stuff the military doesn't want, they just can't auction it off. They have to store it and maintain it even though it's not being used. That means less manpower, time, and money going to, you know, actually defending the country.

And then to turn around and put cuts in the safety net that the poor depend on. Things that people who have put the American Dream aside just so they can make ends meet. Just to keep the military bloated.

If someone doesn't see a difference between the two parties, all they need to do is take a look at this.

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