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Docreed2003

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8. When I was on active duty during the Obama years...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Nov 23, 2017, 05:48 PM

Nov 2017

There was the constant talk from leadership about the need to tighten our “department belts” due to military cuts, which, we were told, always occur during democratic presidencies. It didn’t matter that both of those statements were demonstratively false, what mattered was spreading the lie that democrats were not supporters of the military.

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US Navy Pacific Fleet at breaking point [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2017 OP

lacks money??? the military steals more than half the nation's wealth already nt msongs Nov 2017 #1

About 4% of GDP. hack89 Nov 2017 #10

"at a time when its top leaders acknowledge it lacks the money"... bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #2

US military budget is $800 billion. But it is never enough and they always get Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #3

That's discretionary budget. Igel Nov 2017 #11

Americans still do not have a standard of living which matches its wealth. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #12

I'm not even sure carriers have that much revelance anymore. Hoyt Nov 2017 #4

They are a jobs program underpants Nov 2017 #5

Yes, very true. It's our biggest industry. Places like Huntsville, AL, would be Hoyt Nov 2017 #6

Exactly. The military industrial complex gets richer while ordinary Americans Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #13

I remember reading after the Falkland War CanonRay Nov 2017 #7

Good way to put it. Hoyt Nov 2017 #9

When I was on active duty during the Obama years... Docreed2003 Nov 2017 #8