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David__77

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16. Too late for all that.

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2012, 09:23 PM

Sep 2012

Not going to achieve that strategic objective, and not going to goad others into following the same folly.

If those funds were dedicated to energy and related R&D, then it would be great. There are positive spillovers from military spending, but it's a terrible misdirection as compared with so many other priorities.

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Romney's "4% for Freedom" is 100% impossible [View all] trailmonkee Sep 2012 OP

Vote for the Military Industrial Complex! (n/t) thesquanderer Sep 2012 #1

Madness. reflection Sep 2012 #2

Could we please show Ike's speech on the military-industrial-complex at the DNC? nanabugg Sep 2012 #3

We have the most powerful military on earth and all it took was a few box cutters to threaten it. Skidmore Sep 2012 #4

No, no, no... jmowreader Sep 2012 #14

You're just still nailing your own coffin, Rmoney Panasonic Sep 2012 #5

Corporate and social welfare. earthside Sep 2012 #6

I am all for cutting the defense spending down to 1% higher than the nearest country's defense spend Panasonic Sep 2012 #7

We had the most powerful military... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #8

Spending that much is just a way to justify killing safety net of SS, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. neverforget Sep 2012 #9

Save the money and keep the troops at home. SmittynMo Sep 2012 #10

Is that the percentage of brain matter that repugs use? louis-t Sep 2012 #11

so say's the ultimate chickenhawk family wilt the stilt Sep 2012 #12

�so powerful no other nation would dare challenge us"... Big Orange Jeff Sep 2012 #13

We are NOT currently spending more than all other nations combined jmowreader Sep 2012 #15

Too late for all that. David__77 Sep 2012 #16

Forget that fecal matter, it's time to cut the military budget IN HALF RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #17

He wants to be Hitler II = MITler goclark Sep 2012 #18