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FarCenter

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6. Due to BRAC or not, most of the MIC is located south of the 40th parallel

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 11:27 AM

Feb 2013

Much of it is in states like Virginia, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and California.

There is a huge flow of tax money from northern states to southern states to fund DoD installations and military suppliers.

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The Military Industrial Complex Is Too Strong Is Too Many States [View all] FarCenter Feb 2013 OP

How the MIC spreads the pork: unhappycamper Feb 2013 #1

The Proofreading Force is not Strong in This Title. MineralMan Feb 2013 #2

We are going to bankrupt our country with our military spending, MadHound Feb 2013 #3

Yes, we are spending 4.5% of our GDP on defense. Southerner Feb 2013 #9

Our economy has to be at least 2 to 3% more productive, just to keep up. FarCenter Feb 2013 #10

You are implying money spent on defense is not productive... Southerner Feb 2013 #11

Military expenditures are a form of consumption FarCenter Feb 2013 #15

Military spending is the least productive government spending. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #16

That's wierd, all my links are lost. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #17

The Soviet Union was spending a much higher % of its GDP on defense at that time. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #14

And, it's not accidental that so many "northern" (blue states) LOST SoCalDem Feb 2013 #4

You are clearly clueless about how BRAC worked ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #5

Due to BRAC or not, most of the MIC is located south of the 40th parallel FarCenter Feb 2013 #6

What did BRAC have to do with the MIC? ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #7

The MIC is both the military and the industrial base: FarCenter Feb 2013 #8

USA ...a country and economy that depends on war. It's a jobs thing. L0oniX Feb 2013 #12

And, it's richer than some countries. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #13

"The B-2 bomber has a piece of it made in every single state to make sure..." johnnyreb Feb 2013 #18