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PENTAGON DATA:America has spent $250 MILLION A DAY on war every single day for the last 16 years (Original Post) nmgaucho Dec 2017 OP
a lot of money Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #1
obscene trusty elf Dec 2017 #2
Inflicting suffering at home (as well, in some cases, on innocents, abroad) hlthe2b Dec 2017 #3
and onethatcares Dec 2017 #4
To what end? democratisphere Dec 2017 #5
Some of us have been fighting the MIC since Korea and Vietnam... Sancho Dec 2017 #6
As has been asked recently: shanny Dec 2017 #7
Exactly SHRED Dec 2017 #13
From a wise man a few years back rurallib Dec 2017 #8
But a nickel a year per person was considered too much for PBS. rickford66 Dec 2017 #9
nothing we can do Blues Heron Dec 2017 #10
What someone needs to tell me is WTF are they fighting about or for malaise Dec 2017 #11
Eisenhower warned us SHRED Dec 2017 #12
But we can't have publicly funded elections? SHRED Dec 2017 #14
Pigs at the trough SHRED Dec 2017 #15
Imagine that money spent on education and infrastructure, see solar power r&d, hospitals.. lindysalsagal Dec 2017 #16
But we have to cut "meals on wheels?" Botany Dec 2017 #17

Sancho

(9,070 posts)
6. Some of us have been fighting the MIC since Korea and Vietnam...
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 08:22 AM
Dec 2017

and the monster continues to grow.

The real threat to the US way of life is the spending on the military.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
7. As has been asked recently:
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 09:07 AM
Dec 2017

We can't afford to educate our children, rebuild our infrastructure, or provide health care for our people, so what exactly are they defending?

rurallib

(62,432 posts)
8. From a wise man a few years back
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 09:08 AM
Dec 2017


For Republicans now war is a political weapon at home to show how tough they are - using our kids and our money and our future.

Blues Heron

(5,939 posts)
10. nothing we can do
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 09:33 AM
Dec 2017

got to accept that the MIC has got us right where they want us - acting like it's WWII every day.

We're fighting people that literally drive around in pickup trucks and we can't wrap this up? What?

malaise

(269,113 posts)
11. What someone needs to tell me is WTF are they fighting about or for
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 10:02 AM
Dec 2017

because the current administration is hellbent on removing every social gain delivered to Americans. They are also willing to tear up the Constitution. It seems to me that this is naked raw imperialism at play.

lindysalsagal

(20,714 posts)
16. Imagine that money spent on education and infrastructure, see solar power r&d, hospitals..
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 10:52 AM
Dec 2017

We will never learn.

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