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Indydem

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1. GOP argument:

Reply to Turbineguy (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:18 PM

Jun 2012

We are spending 431 billion in welfare this fiscal year for people to sit on their dead asses.

At least ACC are built in America by Americans, doing real jobs. Many of which are union members.

When the US spends absolutely nothing on welfare, the GOP will submit to defense spending cuts. Not before.

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$12.3 Billion per aircraft carrier [View all] Turbineguy Jun 2012 OP

GOP argument: Indydem Jun 2012 #1

a floating Maginot Line. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2012 #2

old but works sarisataka Jun 2012 #5

A vast waste of money while 1 in 5 children will go to bed tonight hungry in America. apocalypsehow Jun 2012 #3

yes, and Republicans want to cut food stamps some more Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #7

Military spending is a dead-end. The multiplier effects are anemic compared to almost Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #4

You'd think with all that money available, somebody could come up with something useful. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #6