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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 63168 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 111
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yes but we have desk jockey Generals that want the biggest baddest toys on the Block(read world) and they are willing to mortgage the farm to get it. Admirals too I'd think, Maybe It'll make'em burst a blood vessel and Buy the whole Farm. ;) My Amazon Wishlist The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 137
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yes but we have desk jockey Generals that want the biggest baddest toys on the Block(read world) and they are willing to mortage the farm to get it. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 63168 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 111
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I think the Military industrial complex is getting exactly what they want. the largest portion of the apple. Sad to yes, Some of It is warranted, But New Giant Aircraft Carriers? New Stealth aircraft? Even the Russians and the Chinese are not doing that, It's too expensive. My Amazon Wishlist The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4545 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 8
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Best wishesto all SETI@home :-) |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 137
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I think the Military industrial complex is getting exactly what they want. the largest portion of the apple. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Robert Waite Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 133
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LOL...so it's our fault the US outspends everyone else in the world on it's military. Blame Canada! I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 63168 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 111
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Unlabeled graphs are meaningless. I doubt that the bulk of US spending is on the Pentagon. Mostly our budget is spent on our socialist welfare programs (ENTITLEMENTS) such as Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, Government pensions and salaries, student loans, welfare, etc. What you may have here is the allotment of non earmarked, non-entitlement spending which is a smaller percentage of our overall budget than you might imagine. In other words kick the disabled who can't work and who have medical proof to get off of Supplemental Security Income? I told My elected representative, Do they have No Shame, No Decency? I can barely walk, As My joints bother Me, I'd broken My leg in 2002 and I got no rehab, So I gained weight, I'm about 370lbs, I have to use a spellchecker to type as I misspell words by leaving letters out or even whole words, So I'm a disabled person, Heck without My glasses I can't read anymore and now those same glasses are My last thanks to the Legislature of California... And Fuhrer Arnold... The most dissed person in California. student loans helped My niece get a good education, As a College Grad She makes about $60,000.00 a year, She also repaid that loan in full too. Sure I think the disabled have gotten the shaft and are being oppressed by obsolete rules that are out of date and out to lunch, Particularly on SSI(Federally Administered in California and Meg can't do squat to It hardly, Her ads are misleading and vague, No I didn't vote for Poizner either, I don't support candidates who pander to the far right), I know there's a bill H.R. 4937: SSI Savers Act of 2010 in the House of Representatives that I'd like to see get out of the Ways and Means Committee of Congress, This bill is deficit neutral as It only does what It says Here and Here. Congressional Research Service wrote: SSI Savers Act of 2010 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase resource limits for aged, blind, or disabled individuals who do not have an eligible spouse; (2) require an inflation adjustment for such individuals, regardless of whether a spouse is eligible; (3) provide a limited exclusion from resources of certain deferred compensation and education savings arrangements; (4) set forth income rules imputing income from certain deferred compensation arrangements; and (5) eliminate the requirement that SSI recipients apply for periodic payments from certain deferred compensation arrangements. My Amazon Wishlist The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4545 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 8
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We sure save Canada a lot of money How ? |
hiamps Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0
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U.S. Budget Priorities We sure save Canada a lot of money every year not needing much of a defence budget...I bet if America was more like Mexico Canada would spend more on defence. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4545 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 8
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U.S. Budget Priorities This chart represents the 2007-2008 U.S. discretionary budget, the portion of the budget that the President and Congress create each year. It does not include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and interest on the national debt. Read more here ... http://www.barryhermanson.org/ |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3617 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 9
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Unlabeled graphs are meaningless. I doubt that the bulk of US spending is on the Pentagon . Mostly our budget is spent on our socialist welfare programs (ENTITLEMENTS) such as Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, Government pensions and salaries, student loans, welfare, etc. What you may have here is the allotment of non earmarked, non-entitlement spending which is a smaller percentage of our overall budget than you might imagine. Figures don't lie but liars can figure. |
hiamps Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0
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No, they should give one of those billions to me. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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Gone with the wind ![]() Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 41704 Credit: 42,645,437 RAC: 95 |
Byron, you seem to be suggesting that the USA is the richest country in the world and chooses to spend the majority of its money on war? Yes/no? "none so blind as those who will not see" (John Heywood 1546) Don't drink water, that stuff rusts pipes! You are making Proof out of Logic, by just being dubious! {Bluestar to me) |
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Fayvitt Send message Joined: 29 Nov 09 Posts: 217 Credit: 1,190,636 RAC: 0
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Byron, should that not be Billions and Billions? What does the pie charts represent? Overall government annual budget spending? Just a clarification.
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Robert Waite Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 133
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I think we need to get our priorities straight. NO I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4545 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 8
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Do you think this is Money (in Billions) well spent by us Humans Yes No ? Do you think this is Money (in Billions) well spent by we Humans Yes No ? |
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