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Phmcw

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Re: US Defense Stupidity? Why not spend on protective technologies?
« Reply #45 on: May 13, 2011, 02:53:22 pm »
Anyway, I don't really understand how can someone support increasing military spending, or rather, not decrasing it.
US have by far the strongest military in the world, by VERY far. It's allies have the rest. Why the hell do you support such dramatically costly things when you aren't able to pay for healthcare or education?

"US defence stupidity : why spending so freaking much?" would be much more appropriate.
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Re: US Defense Stupidity? Why not spend on protective technologies?
« Reply #46 on: May 13, 2011, 02:59:15 pm »
Quote from: Phmcw on May 13, 2011, 02:53:22 pm
Anyway, I don't really understand how can someone support increasing military spending, or rather, not decrasing it.
US have by far the strongest military in the world, by VERY far. It's allies have the rest. Why the hell do you support such dramatically costly things when you aren't able to pay for healthcare or education?

"US defence stupidity : why spending so freaking much?" would be much more appropriate.
Obviously because military contractors pay the republicans in power to be rabidly pro-military spending.
EDIT: and the democrats too, but the democrats are slightly less military.
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Re: US Defense Stupidity? Why not spend on protective technologies?
« Reply #47 on: May 13, 2011, 03:02:21 pm »
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/01/army-cuts-let-army-keep-soldiers-010611w/

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/01/ap-military-robert-gates-to-announce-pentagon-spending-plan-010511


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Re: US Defense Stupidity? Why not spend on protective technologies?
« Reply #48 on: May 13, 2011, 03:30:56 pm »
Quote from: Phmcw on May 13, 2011, 02:53:22 pm
"US defence stupidity : why spending so freaking much?" would be much more appropriate.

The "bush tax cuts" cost us more than the last 2 wars did, hehe.

We could afford our military, health care for our citizens, and small American flags for everyone else if we taxed at a rate closer to european countries.
 
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Re: US Defense Stupidity? Why not spend on protective technologies?
« Reply #49 on: May 13, 2011, 05:08:39 pm »
Yeah, but we all know that your freedom decreases in direct proportion to the absolute amount of money you pay to the IRS, regardless of your income. So we can't call this a free country and have a sharply curved set of tax brackets! (I'm not entirely sure how to describe the graph I have in mind but hopefully that conveyed it correctly)

NOTE: The above post is parody, and not a very good one, at that. Half the motivation for posting it was venting, the other half being that it's mildly on topic for this thread right now.
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