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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:37 PM Original message |
What would happen to the US economy if the Defense Industry tanked |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Short run there might be a bit of pain |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I'm not sure that our overall mfg. would remain the same... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Problem |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Again, an easy solve with a relatively mild transition |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I Agree that the military path is poison |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Actually you would be suprised at how many, and which, people support a decrease in funding |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wouldn't get that Apache I've been saving up for. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. There would be a flood of really smart sci/math types, depressing wages in those fields... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. In his book, "We the People: A Call to Take Back America", Thom Hartmann |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Worse: not even used at all. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Other nations thrive without this sort of idiocy. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just think if those vast resources spent on military hardware |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. But we're told we are a 'global' economy. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. We could hope china will F up enough to piss of the US middle class. |
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