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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 11:59 AM Original message |
Will Defense spending bankrupt our nation like the USSR? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. It already has. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I was about to say. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Beat me to it also. If the sheeple had any idea how deep the shit |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Yep. Plus economic warfare has been going on for awhile against us. n/t |
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shifting_sands (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Military Budget |
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lcordero2 (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It's a military CONTRACTOR budget, not a military budget |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Good correction. |
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lcordero2 (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. This "defense spending" has to be framed a different way |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. I'm not going to disagree with you on this point |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Considering the state of our infrastructure - it already has. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. That opening statement is not accurate |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. We Spend About 20% Of The Budget ....And 5 or 6% of GDP |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Accurate based on individual income tax |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The Budget Is Damn Near Three Trillion Dollars |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. They comingle SS and Federal tax revenue. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Whaddya mean, "will"? n/m |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. U.S. national debt as a percentage of GDP - WH data. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Note that the Bush restoration |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That is everything we spend, not just defense spending |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I am not so sure about that |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. As Afghanistan aided in the bankruptcy of The Soviet Union |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 04:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Great Lake States/ Ontario Union |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. What tax dollar? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think that you're off on your estimation of military spending. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I Thought Defense Spending |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Yes, it would indeed mean that hundreds and hundreds of billions |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-07-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. This admin. is married to the idea of replicating the Vietnam war as |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
28. state power no, return power to citizens and not corporations |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Great point - how does one do it? One thing that must be done |
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