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In reply to the discussion: Now it's Their Turn, "How Does Shit Taste?" [View all]pasto76
(1,589 posts)this is about the DEFICIT. SS contributes nothing to the deficit. Why are you far left people still bringing it up?
elimination of oil subsidies? maybe?
and I know its hard to believe, but coming from a current s-o-l-d-i-e-r, there are PLENTY of cuts in the military right now. Thing of it is, since so many people in the left generally dislike soldiers -- go ahead and look at most of the posts i saw (only because they were 'trending', which means more people were 'liking' them) about General Schwarzkopf's death --the right can get away with stuff like not funding schools for soldiers. No schools mean no promotions. So we have effectively a stagnant army in many areas and components. Hard to keep volunteers interested when they cant get ahead...so less soldiers ultimately to pay.
Its a distraction. Theyve cut plenty of shit already. Just nothing that really makes a difference. The F35 apparently is back online. Sec Gates killed it years ago.
So like I said in another thread that was censored, STOP denigrating the troops, and put some thought into your comments opposing defensive spending. Troops pay taxes on our wages, and most of us have it partially as a second income. Focus your statements of protest into the parts that actually matter. DOD pork. not the troops. not schools. not training. The Navy didnt need to develop an app to tell you when to take a coffee break. Why is DOD also forecasting weather? we have NWS. FOCUS people