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Cleita

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32. No it doesn't. I was clear it was discretionary spending, which

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #29)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 06:19 PM

Nov 2015

can be changed and can be allocated for better uses like ending poverty instead of bombing the world and propping up the MIC. Mandatory spending is fixed so has little to do with this discussion.

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Next time you hear someone say "send Syrian refugees back where they came from", show them this: [View all] dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 OP

Is there any response to be made to the haters? Cary Nov 2015 #1

I have, I have cut off just about everyone I knew. Just waiting until after LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #2

perhaps it will settle down? Cary Nov 2015 #4

Any friends that are Trump/Carson/Hucklebee/ whoever in the hell else is out there LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #6

You have taken a position that we should let them in. AngryAmish Nov 2015 #3

The difference in opinion isn't the problem Cary Nov 2015 #5

Agreed! Phentex Nov 2015 #34

Does that includd the people who brought farming to Europe? starroute Nov 2015 #7

Thanks. Migration is how progress spreads. JDPriestly Nov 2015 #16

Wow, just wow, Why aren't we shown this by the MSM? nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #8

How about when you hear "Why doesn't Saudi Arabia take in any refugees?" oberliner Nov 2015 #9

Are there any jobs in Saudi Arabia ToxMarz Nov 2015 #13

Good question oberliner Nov 2015 #19

Wish I had a link to this picture. Paper Roses Nov 2015 #10

Finding a copy is easy, there are 2 ways dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #12

Right Click on the image sunnystarr Nov 2015 #25

And just how much profit was made by U.S. War profiteers on this horrid destruction? STOP WAR! Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #11

Look at the US budget military discretionary spending. They say it's 54%. Cleita Nov 2015 #15

It's not defense spending its offense spending and that is offensive to many! Thanks for the chart, Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #17

That chart does not include mandatory AND discretionary spending dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #29

No it doesn't. I was clear it was discretionary spending, which Cleita Nov 2015 #32

Sorry if I mis-read...... n/t dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #33

May I add that was also true for the many Israelis who went to Israel in the aftermath of WWII. JDPriestly Nov 2015 #14

We are racking up SUCH bad karma. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #18

You mean Jews, not Israelis oberliner Nov 2015 #21

Do you know the specific location of that picture? oberliner Nov 2015 #20

Google picture finder indicates it is Homs. n/t dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #24

also this: stuntcat Nov 2015 #22

That is the The Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, btw. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #23

TY! stuntcat Nov 2015 #30

Thank you for posting, Dixie darkangel218 Nov 2015 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Nov 2015 #27

I am so sorry you were violated, and could not get justice. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #28

As long as the boys control the oil fields malaise Nov 2015 #31