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I_am_Tosk wrote:
In , says... On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:45:04 -0400, wrote: In , payer3389 @mypacks.net says... wrote: On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:38:16 -0400, John wrote: On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:41:51 -0400, wrote: On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:36:48 -0400, wrote: Are you saying that military budget is a waste? Most of it. We spend more than the whole rest of the planet put together. I think the Chinese would like to see us cut it by about 90%. Keeping China, the Russians and any real "state" at bay is pretty cheap. A few "boomers" can provide a credible deterrent to a nuclear attack. We spend most of our money building things we will never use like the F22 and having counter insurgent wars with guys in sandals. DoD is a big jobs program, enriching the districts of powerful congressmen and building products that they do not need to have a market to sell. We build them, we maintain them for 20-30 years and we throw them away, virtually unused. Eisenhower tried to warn us ... but we ignored him. That's pretty much it. We need to find ways to convert those defense factories into plowshare factories. It doesn't matter what those factories make, so long as they provide good jobs and the products are needed and useful. We need to stop turning food into fuel. What and stop the corporate welfare to ADM? Not as long as we have corn belt politicians in congress. Don't forget over 100 ethenol refineries in the Chicago area where someone important in Washington has a lot of friends ![]() Is there any chance the entire kiddie motorbike "racing" season in your part of the country will be cancelled this year? |
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