Never forget when you hear the words promoting "A strong Military" what the speaker actually means

is...

"I am for expanding the largest Government jobs program in the history of the world".

I find it incredibly curious that when the Shrub took office, the budget for the Defense Department in the US was around $300 billion.


for 2012 it is over 900 Billion


I put up a thread the other day that got exactly ONE response relating to this subject;
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021288928


The reason this pisses me off so much is that Republicans ALWAYS say the Government 'CAN'T' produce jobs, yet the defense budget (yeah...an oxymoron if there ever was one) employs HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people in this country, both directly and indirectly, a large percentage of them well paying and often UNION jobs.

There is always energy to complain that a Chicago area teacher makes (whatever it is) thousands per year, but no one...and I mean NO ONE EVER complains about how much the Union Shipwrights at Electric Boat in Connecticut or Pipefitters, Millwrights, Steamfitters, etc. at the Newport News Shipyard (where our Aircraft Carriers are built) are making. And I guarantee you that all those Union jobs have great benefits, fantastic healthcare and a decent retirement program.

No one ever complains that the head of a company that makes NO PRODUCTS WHATSOEVER that the average American will ever buy without a DOD purchase order makes $16 million a year. You'll never hear Limbaugh or Hannity complain about that.

Why don't the Republicans just come out and say they don't want ANY money spent by the US government to go to anything except the military? Why don't they just go ahead and admit that the Pentagon is nothing but a giant jobs program (which it obviously is) and that they want to spend $2 trillion a year on it and nothing on anything else?

Why don't they just come out and tell us that they have no intention of EVER cutting back on the military budget of the US no matter what?

Because if you're a Democrat and you DARE to suggest that spending over TWO BILLION DOLLARS EVERY 24 HOURS is a bit much, you are labeled as soft or somehow against the troops!

Meanwhile, children go hungry and undereducated in this country, but the workers and the CEO's of General Dynamics, Rockwell and the others carry on with their wonderful salaries, all paid by your tax dollars.