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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:45 PM Original message |
Six hundred and eighty five billion dollars. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Did you know that half the budget cuts being proposed come out of defense and security? nt |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I guarantee the contractors won't be cut. All the money will come from the salaries of |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Veteran's benefits are in the protected category. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Glad to hear that. n/t |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And housing benefits, and medical programs and the acquisition of new medical machinery, etc. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. If money was trimmed back from these private contractors, |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Increased by 50% over the last 10 years. We spend more than the next 40 countries combined!! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Thanks Major Hogwash. I was looking for that |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. and yet we cannot.. The last war we "won" was WWII |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Rachel, the Goddess of Knowledge, had a graph on her program a few months ago. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. But I feel soooo much safer. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Me too. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. On edit: of my OP. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Don't forget the fear tactic that "oh, that attack is because.. |
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dissidentboomer (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. Our military mirrors our "leaders" - fat, stupid, corrupt, and heartless. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Taking a gestalt approach to analyzing what has been |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. We could learn a LOT from them. nt |
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