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Fri Aug-03-07 11:21 AM
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| 22. There is PLENTY of money, actually. But we are spending it over there |
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so we don't have to spend it here.
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| -there is NO money to fix the bridges, dams, roads, levees, etc. |
donsu |
Aug-03-07 10:45 AM |
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That about sums it up. n/t |
Texas Explorer |
Aug-03-07 10:46 AM |
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There is enough money for bombs and wars |
liberal N proud |
Aug-03-07 10:48 AM |
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War is profitable. Helping people isn't. |
HughBeaumont |
Aug-03-07 10:51 AM |
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People can pull themselves up by their bootstraps, bombs can't. |
progressoid |
Aug-03-07 12:08 PM |
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"Republican, because I CAN!" |
HughBeaumont |
Aug-03-07 12:20 PM |
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"Thousand points of light" ... another bumpersticker slogan they loved |
EVDebs |
Aug-03-07 01:02 PM |
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You also forgot to mention the $20 billion arms deal to the Arab states to help |
mrcheerful |
Aug-03-07 10:52 AM |
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How would the Junta's cronies make their money then? |
TechBear_Seattle |
Aug-03-07 10:52 AM |
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We need to beat our swords into bulldozers and fix our infrastructure |
liberal N proud |
Aug-03-07 11:16 AM |
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No argument from me n/t |
TechBear_Seattle |
Aug-03-07 11:24 AM |
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So true! |
FiveGoodMen |
Aug-03-07 02:29 PM |
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At $4,000 a minute, Iraq is really biting us in the ass. n/t |
unhappycamper |
Aug-03-07 10:50 AM |
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the neo cons are biting us - they have almost finished sucking the US dry |
donsu |
Aug-03-07 10:56 AM |
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Yikes! That would be the stat of the day. Let me do the math: |
JohnShadows |
Aug-03-07 12:29 PM |
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Go to costofwar.com and select your state and city for how much Iraq is costing us |
EVDebs |
Aug-03-07 12:54 PM |
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And that will be the rationale for selling public roadways and bridges |
no_hypocrisy |
Aug-03-07 10:56 AM |
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bingo - Quatar will rebuild Minn. bridge and charge a toll! goodie |
donsu |
Aug-03-07 11:00 AM |
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That's what they always do. Sell everything off. |
GreenPartyVoter |
Aug-03-07 11:09 AM |
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has anyone asked Minn. where the money will come from to |
donsu |
Aug-03-07 10:58 AM |
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They will turn to the bond market. |
A HERETIC I AM |
Aug-03-07 11:02 AM |
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Wall St vs. Main St and we know who wins that. Most districts limit bonding to 20% of assessed val |
EVDebs |
Aug-03-07 01:00 PM |
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Well, since the state of Minnesota uses a percent of income as their guide.... |
A HERETIC I AM |
Aug-03-07 02:37 PM |
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In regards to funding wastewater projects, the ONLY way in small towns is bonds |
EVDebs |
Aug-03-07 06:53 PM |
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I won't argue for one second that there is waste and fraud in major infrastructure projects. |
A HERETIC I AM |
Aug-03-07 09:01 PM |
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My point on all this infrastructure underfunding is that Al Gore ran on a sustainable growth agenda |
EVDebs |
Aug-03-07 10:57 PM |
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Raise the Fucking Taxes! |
stirlingsliver |
Aug-03-07 11:00 AM |
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a gold star to anyone who can get money from a rich neo con |
donsu |
Aug-03-07 11:04 AM |
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There is plenty of money for bridges, dams, roads, levees, etc |
krispos42 |
Aug-03-07 11:01 AM |
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"We" who? We have NO representation. NONE! n/t |
Texas Explorer |
Aug-03-07 11:03 AM |
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Same stuff, different year |
jdlh8894 |
Aug-03-07 11:02 AM |
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They're cutting scientific research funding to the bone too. |
aquart |
Aug-03-07 11:08 AM |
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And that's the real reason |
tiptoe |
Aug-03-07 11:10 AM |
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Ted Stevens and Don Young made sure there was money ($223 million) for a "bridge to nowhere" |
Tanuki |
Aug-03-07 11:15 AM |
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There is PLENTY of money, actually. But we are spending it over there |
kestrel91316 |
Aug-03-07 11:21 AM |
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but isn't the money we spend over there, borrowed money? |
donsu |
Aug-03-07 12:05 PM |
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I don't know; are the Halliburton execs living in real mansions and owning real stock, or not? |
WinkyDink |
Aug-03-07 03:06 PM |
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BINGO-that so needs to be a bumper sticker nt |
fed-up |
Aug-03-07 12:16 PM |
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If you look into it ... |
MatrixEscape |
Aug-03-07 12:10 PM |
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There is at least $100 billion in waste we could take from the defence budget. |
dkofos |
Aug-03-07 12:12 PM |
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SF Chron front page: we have "800 spans with same rating" |
sfexpat2000 |
Aug-03-07 01:04 PM |
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That is just B.S. |
ben_meyers |
Aug-03-07 01:11 PM |
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There is money to build detention centers for the "rapid development of new programs". |
Cobalt Violet |
Aug-03-07 01:11 PM |
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How do we take back the money that was stolen from us? |
Alexander |
Aug-03-07 02:38 PM |
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