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48. A corporatist government will make sure every $ billion pissed down the MIC rat hole
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 06:05 PM
Jan 2013

will be paid for by reneging on earned benefits (euphemistically termed "entitlements&quot to social security and Medicare beneficiaries. That's how a corporatist government operates: you will know them by their works.

THAT's where the cuts need to be.. Voice for Peace Jan 2013 #1
Precisely Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #2
That's one of the reasons the war has lasted so long and that glowing Jan 2013 #4
Perpetual war. Great for the economy. TrollBuster9090 Jan 2013 #7
Instead of making weapons of war, the government could heavily subsidize truth2power Jan 2013 #21
And the tripe they waste ur money on Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #22
I've been involved in projects that use LTP... reACTIONary Jan 2013 #59
Wrong information Bucko! tavalon Feb 2013 #71
Ground source heat pump, or actual geothermal? RC Jan 2013 #47
I really didn't know that.... truth2power Feb 2013 #75
It is just marketing. RC Feb 2013 #77
That, and by the very nature of war hogwyld Jan 2013 #26
All that money and all those employess and many unemployed Americans xtraxritical Jan 2013 #33
I agree. They could have been trained in engineering glowing Jan 2013 #38
I'm not dissing the people that have these jobs, they need them like everyone needs jobs but xtraxritical Jan 2013 #49
I presume the irony of saying that on the Internet is lost on you. (nt) jeff47 Jan 2013 #40
It is sad that war has brought often brought our glowing Jan 2013 #50
I'd rather have military research that has civilian uses jeff47 Jan 2013 #51
And we can't afford single payer health care cbrer Jan 2013 #3
Not so sarcastic fasttense Jan 2013 #9
Can't we shake off this "austerity" crap? annabanana Jan 2013 #15
Depends on ones definition cbrer Jan 2013 #24
The American Jobs Act has been languishing in Boehner's Congress for almost two years. xtraxritical Jan 2013 #34
du rec. nt xchrom Jan 2013 #5
re-posted on Facebook to a "Should we drug test welfare recepients?" post underpants Jan 2013 #6
That's another one. Look at the political ties of testing-facility owners... JHB Jan 2013 #13
Excellent post! Luminous Animal Jan 2013 #62
democratic politicians and leadership have priorities you know nt msongs Jan 2013 #8
Makes the cuts they want to make to "entitlements" small change. liberal N proud Jan 2013 #10
This has got to stop. nt MrYikes Jan 2013 #11
This sounds like a perfect thread for this: Cooley Hurd Jan 2013 #12
Every state in the nation reteachinwi Jan 2013 #14
How about healthcare and green energy? Scuba Jan 2013 #16
(your project here) reteachinwi Jan 2013 #20
My little brother just got laid off from a gov. contract as a rocket scientist Tunkamerica Jan 2013 #17
A rocket scientist just got a job in motorsports? tavalon Feb 2013 #72
to be somewhat vague he focused on airflow during his phd program Tunkamerica Feb 2013 #80
How much ends up The Wizard Jan 2013 #18
Boeing 2010 Total Revenue (from all sources) - $64,000,000,000 LTG Jan 2013 #19
Fucking A! n/t Hotler Jan 2013 #23
"Every one of them gets most of their revenue from the Federal Government" bulloney Jan 2013 #25
Yep, that is why war & military spending is the GOP's sacred cow. raouldukelives Jan 2013 #29
We shovel money for war like coal for an unquenchable fire.... think Jan 2013 #27
A 50% cut for Big War returns us to PRE-Bush levels and save every social program.... grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #28
I used to work for one of those contractors. rivegauche Jan 2013 #30
How much for that Death Star again? n/t L0oniX Jan 2013 #31
k & r! nt wildbilln864 Jan 2013 #32
These companies are NOT beyond resorting to drastic measures to protect their bottom line... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #35
DURec. bvar22 Jan 2013 #36
Petition to stop Amgen from stealing our money Milliesmom Jan 2013 #37
Consider how many people make a decent salary based on nothing more than stealing the product of Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #39
and they aren't even telling us the whole truth because the Pentagon(& Homeland Sec) is not audited Fight2Win Jan 2013 #41
How much of this money is now in the form felix_numinous Jan 2013 #42
not "most" librabear Jan 2013 #43
A-M-E-N brother! benld74 Jan 2013 #44
Rat bastards KBR lark Jan 2013 #45
KBR along with any company which has moved off shore with their companies to avoid taxes Thinkingabout Feb 2013 #78
Totally agree lark Feb 2013 #79
The Sacred Cow of "defense" never goes hungry. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2013 #46
A corporatist government will make sure every $ billion pissed down the MIC rat hole indepat Jan 2013 #48
My work is surrounded by these companies abelenkpe Jan 2013 #52
I call Bullshit. SmileyRose Jan 2013 #53
What do they make and who do they sell to ?? kentuck Jan 2013 #56
They' huge in air traffic control, sattelites for meterological work and space maggiesfarmer Jan 2013 #60
Name one single consumer product made by Lockheed Martin.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2013 #57
LH definately doesn't make consumer products, but I believe you could purchase an air traffic maggiesfarmer Jan 2013 #61
Smileyrose is wrong, and so are you. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2013 #64
Deep breath, no meant to offend, but let's review. maggiesfarmer Jan 2013 #66
Again, from the same 2010 Annual report you linked; A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #67
Good digging. As noted, I got the $67bn figure from the OP. curious at this point where he got that maggiesfarmer Feb 2013 #69
From LM's 2009 financial report: toddwv Feb 2013 #68
+1! uponit7771 Jan 2013 #54
who else is going to protect the precious juice? madrchsod Jan 2013 #55
But ... if contracts are ended, American jobs will be lost. Kablooie Jan 2013 #58
Hey Hey! TRUTH LIVES! n/t KoKo Jan 2013 #63
I'm in huge favor of more transparency into both the bidding (or lack) process and expenditure maggiesfarmer Jan 2013 #65
"Through" CEO's in jail? C'mon son, you can do better than that! Scuba Feb 2013 #70
Grammar check fail -- guilty maggiesfarmer Feb 2013 #73
Probably genetics. Scuba Feb 2013 #74
K&R for Robert Reich on the job!!! patrice Feb 2013 #76
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