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nationalize the fed

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3. Hi Polly7!
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 08:55 PM
Apr 2016

Hey I know you're busy but in case you didn't get a chance to read this article here's the link again.

It's well worth the few minutes to read- it will explain what has been going on in the US. The writer got a few predictions wrong but the essence is more true than ever.

Backing up Globalization with Military Might

New World Order Onslaught
by Karen Talbot
Covert Action Quarterly, Issue 68, Fall 1999

excerpt: Profits for the Military-Industrial Complex

Clearly, a related major objective behind the NATO action was to add more billions to the already bloated U.S. military budget and to fill the coffers of the military-industrial corporations with super profits acquired from the hard-earned tax dollars of American workers. After all, the stocks of Tomahawk Cruise missiles must be replenished. Congress, with great bi-partisan fervor, is approving an increase for the Pentagon of $20 billion adding up to $288.8 billion for FY 2000. By contrast, all other domestic discretionary spending, including for education, job-training, housing, environment and health programs, totals $245 billion— "the biggest disparity in modern times," according to the Center for Defense Information. More food and education being taken from children to feed the war machine...
http://www.globalissues.org/article/448/backing-up-globalization-with-military-might#ProfitsfortheMilitary-IndustrialComplex

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