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12/27/2016 1:44:36 AM
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"SOCIAL PROGRAMS ARE BAD!"
[i]Meanwhile, the US military is the most powerful in the world...[/i]
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2 Respuestas[quote]Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter with a half-million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. . . . This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."[/quote] -Pres Dwight D. Eisenhower
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3 RespuestasEditado por Gravy Train: 12/27/2016 3:06:32 AMAnd no one complains about corporate subsidies.
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13 RespuestasHow's America supposed to stay on top without a strong military? Is the American military wholly useless or does our military serve an important purpose? We want a strong economy. We have a strong economy because we essentially own the world's trade routes and can control the access to valuable resources. American corporations safely operate overseas because they know our government will protect them. Countless others who are not Americans safety operate because the know we will enforce American standards. We carry a big stick so we can afford to speak softly. I think it's funny how liberals assume we'd maintain our position in the world if we dismantled our military. The world doesn't cooperate with American interests because they're noble. We won't be protected by fairness and civility
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20 RespuestasA military is part of the few Constitutionally defined roles of government. The Constitution states, "provide for the common defense". This is very different than social programs such as public education, Medicare, social security, etc.
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You're turning into a political tryhard
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9 RespuestasWow, you admitted it?
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7 RespuestasMedicaid and medicare take way more money than the military. Like around 70% of federal spending.
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2 RespuestasSo does this somehow justify entitlement programs or does it mean we should spend less on defense?
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1 RespuestaI'm just glad you can admit social programs are bad. It's a step in the right direction sir.
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I support the men and women in uniform. That being said, i do not support our leaders. The military can stand to lose a couple billion in their budget. I understand the need for a military, but the amount of waste that comes with ours is unacceptable.
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you have to realize though, other countries don't need big militaries because they can rely on ours, right? that's how they can get away with having a nonexistant military spending. if you were to cut down on the US military budget, you'd have to force the allied countries to not be lazy and put their defense in their own budget.
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4 RespuestasThat is because we spend a ridiculous amount of money on it. Too much in fact. Honestly, we could have the same strength military for two thirds of the cost (approximately) if we spent the funds meaningfully.
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4 RespuestasInb4 rationalizing the military literally throwing away taxpayer money with no benefit to our safety
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The military definitely wastes a ton of money. There is no reason why we need to have the most aircraft carriers abroad of any country, and have the most military bases in other countries. Along with money spent funding terrorists, giving military aid to Ukrainian [url=http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law]-godwinslaw!-[/url], and how they don't always reuse gear, there is a lot wasted.
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1 RespuestaAre you high?
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The military is completely broken and unfixable. It needs to be demolished everyone fired and restructured with a sense of cost and and purpose. Not bullshit graft contracts and logic defying rules
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9 RespuestasEditado por SmashvilleViking: 12/27/2016 4:26:07 PMIf you mean programs like welfare, then yes, they are bad. I say this because there are people on welfare that can get a job, but they would rather sit on their lazy asses, and collect money from the government. If people need welfare, then I see no issues. The money spent on the military is used for research, development, and new gear. I guess if you would get off of your ass, and serve, instead of complaining about everything, then you would know these things. It seems like every post that you make is complaining. Just shut up, noone wants to hear it. You sound like you need a tree to hug. Also, noone gives a shit about California. Take your hippy bs somewhere else.
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3 RespuestasThat's not a social program. If anything it's an anti-social program.
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It was a lovely morning until I saw this
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Every country budgets an army just in case another country attacks you... the concept is stupid. People complain about taxes for education and health care but is it okay to pay taxes for military? Why don't we invest them in science instead which in the end we will be the one we benefits as it may make our life more easy.
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I see you noticed your retarded view on what socialism is flawed. The stupid notion of, "You don't like socialism, you must hate roads, and schools." Anything paid for by tax =/= socialism.
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Editado por Autolycus: 12/27/2016 8:04:38 AMExtortion is fine, but only if it's to fund dropping bombs on people on the other side of the world. Or walls. -Republicans
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38 Respuestas[quote][i]Meanwhile, the US military is the most powerful in the world...[/i][/quote] Are you drunk when you post this shit?
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I guess the military is a social program? [spoiler]Excuse my apparent ignorance.[/spoiler]
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Editado por SuperStormDroid: 12/27/2016 8:03:07 AM[quote][i]Meanwhile, the US military is the most powerful in the world...[/i][/quote] So powerful, Kojima shudders. All jokes aside, we are close to having a war economy similar to what's portrayed in the Metal Gear Solid games.
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