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Showing Original Post only (View all)What about the giant elephant in the room? [View all]
All this clamor over raising taxes on the wealthy, and cutting spending for social security, medicare and medicaid.
Yet not a word is spoken against the huge, wooley mammoth standing in the center of the room.
What about the U.S. Defense Dept that is bigger than the rest of the world combined? Seems like no member of congress wants to mention DOD spending. Is that who writes the largest political campaign checks?
When it comes down to austerity and where to pare down the budget spending, WHERE'S THE BEEF?
It's where it always is, sitting in the middle of the room. Yet no member of congress dares to breathe a living thought against it.
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It is senseless how these factors can be ignored by the RW and the focus and demon becomes the poor
The Wielding Truth
Dec 2012
#64
No, no, no, "Look at the shiny object over there!" Just like a "lot" of "people" on the internet
patrice
Dec 2012
#3
I thought the space aliens were already here. Now I'm disappointed. No, wait, they run the MIC.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#8
One of their scariest episodes. Right up there with 'It's on the wing!' by the Shat.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#18
I agree. The Twilight Zone also covered a lot of moral issues. I recently found a newer episode.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#49
Ob, no, you missed the whole thing. They are here and fucked it because they're just visiting.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#19
That would be taken care of by not reaching a deal, which is exactly why republicans want a deal.
DrewFlorida
Dec 2012
#11
Your information is appreciated, your rudeness is uncalled for, typical of what's wrong with DU.
DrewFlorida
Jan 2013
#82
Yes, I know how much the U.S. spends on military and I think it's rediculous, what I didn't
DrewFlorida
Jan 2013
#84
How else can we ensure a new generation of "terrorists" to keep the arms industry healthy?
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#26
Over $1 TRILLION spent on defense, not one member of Congress willing to address this.
Initech
Dec 2012
#29
Check those Congressional portfolios...bet you'll see a LOT of military industrial stocks in 'em.
MADem
Dec 2012
#33
The irony is that this military has managed to lose 2 wars in little over 10 years. That's got to be
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#36
yep. just like the cost of the wars, no discussion is serious unless this is mentioned
pasto76
Dec 2012
#40
We don't cut it all, that would be suicide, but trimming half a trillion would be doable
pediatricmedic
Dec 2012
#53
K&R except there's a whole herd of the proto-pachyderms ruining the carpet. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#79