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In the discussion thread: US Senate approves $211 million for ****** in new $633 billion war bill [View all]

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 06:16 AM

Iggy (1,418 posts)

45. It's Not Just That Congress IGNORES

the "will of the people".

it's wayyy worse than that. the austerity crowd (same ol' clownservatives, plus the teabagger mob) constantly whine and moan about the fed government "spends too much" and "this can't go on"... except when it comes to the obvious bloated sacred cow-- defense spending. they want this spending to INCREASE.

the "democrats" in congress go along with this massive hypocrisy, because they, too, have defense industries in their districts, and are getting bribes, errrrr, I mean campaign contributions from these companies-- to keep our tax money flowing to them.

Weak, very weak. There's NO difference between the "democrats" and the reppugs on this issue.

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56 replies	Author	Time	Post
US Senate approves $211 million for ****** in new $633 billion war bill [View all]	L0oniX	Dec 2012	OP
$700 billion for endless wars we'll never win but for some reason we just can't save Social Securit.	Initech	Dec 2012	#1
Strange edit	Jim Warren	Dec 2012	#2
Didn't want this to be an ****** issue.	L0oniX	Dec 2012	#3
Yeah...but it is a major issue...and I for one am getting sick of it.	Sekhmets Daughter	Dec 2012	#51
More guns!	GeorgeGist	Dec 2012	#4
The gorilla in the room.	L0oniX	Dec 2012	#6
Am I reading this right	former-republican	Dec 2012	#5
...while some people seek to take money from the poor and elderly.	L0oniX	Dec 2012	#7
480 million.	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#8
Okay the other 211 is included	former-republican	Dec 2012	#11
Not enough of us letting our government know we're against this pro-Israel all the time stance	xxxsdesdexxx	Dec 2012	#32
Cause they have National Health care for their citizens	Autumn	Dec 2012	#35
$88 Billion/year for war in Afghanistan/Iraq .vs. $13B/year CUT in Social Security	TheProgressive	Dec 2012	#9
And remember, they cut 1.2 billion from home heating oil assistance to Seniors last winter	n2doc	Dec 2012	#10
+1	L0oniX	Dec 2012	#13
That one hit home.	In_The_Wind	Dec 2012	#17
+1	woo me with science	Dec 2012	#39
And this is the SENATE (Dem) bill	Doctor_J	Dec 2012	#12
Thus Again, I Need Somebody to Explain	Iggy	Dec 2012	#24
New Doctrines are afloat. See my reply 26 below. n/t	truedelphi	Dec 2012	#27
Reproductive rights	Doctor_J	Dec 2012	#30
"Sorry", But Reproductive Rights...	Iggy	Dec 2012	#46
Every penny of that is a fucking crime.	Occulus	Dec 2012	#14
Blood-steeped maniacs?	oberliner	Dec 2012	#47
What do the American people need to do to get that kind of representation?	Poll_Blind	Dec 2012	#15
This is so frigging twisted.	bunnies	Dec 2012	#16
Not all of the psychos in this country are roaming the hallways of our schools	kenny blankenship	Dec 2012	#38
#&^&#^#&^)#*_()(#)(!!!!	benld74	Dec 2012	#18
I second your thoughts.	historylovr	Dec 2012	#21
My simple thinking	Casandra	Dec 2012	#19
Yay austerity! I wanna pay for the rich getting richer off of war!	Fire Walk With Me	Dec 2012	#20
Our Congress is made up of criminals. nt	valerief	Dec 2012	#22
Sociopaths.	L0oniX	Dec 2012	#23
War is big business for the Blackwater's of this world. See 10 companies profiting most from war	judesedit	Dec 2012	#25
Amen to that.	raouldukelives	Dec 2012	#49
You are forgetting tho think about this carefully.	truedelphi	Dec 2012	#26
This is no longer a nation of "we the people," but rather "we the profiteers." Corporate Welfare at	RKP5637	Dec 2012	#31
+1	L0oniX	Dec 2012	#33
+1 There is no representation anymore.	woo me with science	Dec 2012	#37
Quite true! Our system today wades in the cesspool of $$$$$ often	RKP5637	Dec 2012	#41
It's Not Just That Congress IGNORES	Iggy	Dec 2012	#45
There certainly is little difference -	truedelphi	Dec 2012	#50
Fuckers.....	WCGreen	Dec 2012	#28
US should just be remamed "The Nation of Death!" n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2012	#29
^	Wilms	Dec 2012	#34
No words	woo me with science	Dec 2012	#36
Is this how people felt when military spending was destroying the Soviet Union?	leftlibdem420	Dec 2012	#40
It is a self devouring future on the present course. n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2012	#42
It could take a long time...	leftlibdem420	Dec 2012	#43
...or Rome?	L0oniX	Dec 2012	#44
So ****** is Israel?	oberliner	Dec 2012	#48
No the US is going to place an Iron Dome over Gaza	Sekhmets Daughter	Dec 2012	#52
I don't think so	oberliner	Dec 2012	#54
LOL...	Sekhmets Daughter	Dec 2012	#55
Obama's current proposal to cut SS is not going to be enough. He'll have to impose more austerity.	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#53
The Real Defense Budget	JReed	Dec 2012	#56

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