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In reply to the discussion: $67,000,000,000 pissed down a rat hole [View all]indepat
(20,899 posts)48. A corporatist government will make sure every $ billion pissed down the MIC rat hole
will be paid for by reneging on earned benefits (euphemistically termed "entitlements" to social security and Medicare beneficiaries. That's how a corporatist government operates: you will know them by their works.
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I'm not dissing the people that have these jobs, they need them like everyone needs jobs but
xtraxritical
Jan 2013
#49
The American Jobs Act has been languishing in Boehner's Congress for almost two years.
xtraxritical
Jan 2013
#34
My little brother just got laid off from a gov. contract as a rocket scientist
Tunkamerica
Jan 2013
#17
A 50% cut for Big War returns us to PRE-Bush levels and save every social program....
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#28
These companies are NOT beyond resorting to drastic measures to protect their bottom line...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2013
#35
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
KBR along with any company which has moved off shore with their companies to avoid taxes
Thinkingabout
Feb 2013
#78
A corporatist government will make sure every $ billion pissed down the MIC rat hole
indepat
Jan 2013
#48
They' huge in air traffic control, sattelites for meterological work and space
maggiesfarmer
Jan 2013
#60
LH definately doesn't make consumer products, but I believe you could purchase an air traffic
maggiesfarmer
Jan 2013
#61
Good digging. As noted, I got the $67bn figure from the OP. curious at this point where he got that
maggiesfarmer
Feb 2013
#69
I'm in huge favor of more transparency into both the bidding (or lack) process and expenditure
maggiesfarmer
Jan 2013
#65