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Lotusflower70

(3,110 posts) Mon Sep 18, 2017, 09:48 PM Sep 2017

This military spending is ridiculous [View all]

Only 4 Dems, 3 Republicans and Bernie voted against the abhorrent bill that will deliver $700 billion to the U.S. military. https://t.co/8TWbDZNir0

They requested 650 million and got 700 billion.

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This military spending is ridiculous [View all] Lotusflower70 Sep 2017 OP

It's a bogus fascist way to prop up a fake The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #1

Someone must be planning to start a war. democratisphere Sep 2017 #2

another reason to get rid of computerized voting & tabulating diva77 Sep 2017 #3

The military serves multiple purposes Lotusflower70 Sep 2017 #4

grease the skids so the generals will put millions in the camps when the time comes nt msongs Sep 2017 #5

The extra $50 million is for Trump's 4th of July parade LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2017 #6

Republicans also plan on huge tax cuts, which means less revenue, procon Sep 2017 #7