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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:19 PM Original message |
The US is flat broke yet the Pentagon Budget goes up, up and up... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. how much did it rise? |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. This nation, with 5% of the world's population, accounts for 50% of the world's spending on |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. didn't answer my question |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. 600 Billion Dollars per year is way more than we need or can afford. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. 5.7% |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. voodoo economics continues regardless of which political party is in charge. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Miltiary, weapons makers, republicans & corporations want to keep the US as the world's policeman... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. the military and big creditors....same story since 1783...and Newburgh |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm in favor of maintaining the US's superpower status, which |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. . |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yea, I know I'm in the minority at DU, but there's a way to |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. China is gaining fast! |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. All the more reason to fund the F-22 fighter program. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. BS. The F-22 is probably the most overpriced aircraft ever. It a close race with the |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Well first of all, the Super Hornet is certainly not lowly.....second |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. WTF does "superpower status" mean when you can't feed your family at home? |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Like a lion defending a dying bloody carcass from the terrorist hyenas. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. who's the carcass, us? did the lion attack us? who're the commies? are they going to eat us? |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. When China owns US completely. eom |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. It makes one wonder what it is that they're "defending". |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hmmm. I thought it was going UP to care for troops and DOWN for profiteers. |
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