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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 09:00 AM
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15. I wonder if this will make "the list" - "2500-strong marine presence in Australia from
SS and Medicare cuts"
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  -Cut to SS, but plenty of money for more troops deployed to *Australia*? MadHound  Nov-16-11 06:08 AM   #0 
  - Oh sure sure sure, always money for that bullshit.  lonestarnot   Nov-16-11 06:09 AM   #1 
  - Agree...  GTurck   Nov-16-11 06:36 AM   #3 
  - I wouldn't be surprised if 60% of the jobs we have left....  Bonhomme Richard   Nov-16-11 08:10 AM   #10 
     - Agree sadly...  GTurck   Nov-17-11 06:15 AM   #23 
  - Every time talk of SS reform arises we're told SS is self-funding  Nuclear Unicorn   Nov-16-11 12:01 PM   #19 
     - Or there is another possibility  MadHound   Nov-17-11 05:48 AM   #21 
  - We spend 4.7% of our GDP on Defense  exboyfil   Nov-16-11 06:22 AM   #2 
  - Empire has it's priorities.  blindpig   Nov-16-11 06:56 AM   #4 
  - Recommend  xchrom   Nov-16-11 06:59 AM   #5 
  - 'Cause there's evidence of terra near the Great Barrier Reef  marmar   Nov-16-11 07:03 AM   #6 
  - They're gonna need a bigger boat.  smokey nj   Nov-16-11 08:12 AM   #11 
  - Cut military, nationalize health care - that should be our mantra going into 2012. nt  TBF   Nov-16-11 07:04 AM   #7 
  - indeed..nt  and-justice-for-all   Nov-17-11 06:20 AM   #25 
  - China. It's that simple.  knitter4democracy   Nov-16-11 07:15 AM   #8 
  - That's just what I was thinking.  RevStPatrick   Nov-16-11 07:29 AM   #9 
     - And maybe we were right!  RevStPatrick   Nov-16-11 08:30 AM   #13 
        - Ah, crap. China's gotten the message and is upping the ante.  knitter4democracy   Nov-16-11 11:46 AM   #16 
  - kick  ensho   Nov-16-11 08:26 AM   #12 
  - Simply returning our military spending to pre 9/11 levels  PETRUS   Nov-16-11 08:51 AM   #14 
  - I wonder if this will make "the list" - "2500-strong marine presence in Australia from  DrDan   Nov-16-11 09:00 AM   #15 
  - Empire building, YES! Helping the poor and the working class, NO!  sarcasmo   Nov-16-11 11:48 AM   #17 
  - Psst...Troops were already there...Pine Gap there has been staffed for over 40yrs..  HipChick   Nov-16-11 11:55 AM   #18 
  - Because we are upping the anty, and amount we spend, needlessly  MadHound   Nov-17-11 05:51 AM   #22 
  - Troops are fungible  Brother Buzz   Nov-16-11 12:10 PM   #20 
  - Because the US is the world police...  and-justice-for-all   Nov-17-11 06:20 AM   #24 
 

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