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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:17 AM
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Chart on National Security spending
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Looks out of whack to me.
The previous administration continually harped on "keeping us safe".

How did they do it...smoke and mirrors?

American taxpayers expect the federal government to provide national security. Achieving that security is a constant and complicated challenge that cannot be met by military might alone. A sound national security policy involves three broad strategies:

* preventive measures such as securing nuclear materials abroad and participating in multi-lateral diplomatic and peacekeeping operations;
* homeland security such as providing port security and coordinating emergency first responders; and
* the military




http://www.nationalpriorities.org/national_security


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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:30 AM
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1. America's biggest enemies are Cancer and heart disease
If they truly want to keep America secure and safe then they need to spend most of the money they are currently spending on Defense on health issues and prevention. Americans are twelve thousand times more likely to die from cancer than from terrorists. I am coming to the conclusion America is really a retarded nation.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-08-09 08:32 AM
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2. And there's another pie that they keep secret from us.

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