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re: Why is military spending ignored when its clearly the largest piece?
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:50 pm to fareplay
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:50 pm to fareplay
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They also wrote that women and blacks could not vote nor work on same basis as white males.
But they can now. Which is why the amendment process exists so your claim of
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Its outdated
Is patently false.
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:51 pm to fareplay
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:51 pm to fareplay
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Leave it to the southern football forums to put bigger weight on more guns over helping the less fortunate.
There it is.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:51 pm to fareplay
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Just throwing this out there: In the past 100 years, US was involved in 92% of all multinational wars
Do you have a citation for that source?
Define "involved". Define "multi-national war".
Given that the U.S. is the most powerful nation in the world and that the global system is generally set up to our social, economic, and political benefit, it stands to reason that we'll be involved more than others, but I find 92% pretty much impossible to believe.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:51 pm to DCtiger1
Good, Iraq and Afghanistan wasnt domestic. Tell me again how our invasion to other countries defends domestic tranquility?
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:54 pm to fareplay
quote:first, you are a giant dumbass. Second, why not look at the 85% of the budget for waste in entitlements spending instead of cutting funding from one of the few things the government does that it's actually supposed to be doing?
15% is a ton. Given compounding year after year, I think it will be extremely significant.
@ user who thinks we need more military: Why? I agree we need to enhance military technology.
Enlisting in the military is forced welfare.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:54 pm to fareplay
It's not being ignored...Trump has already begun streamlining, renegotiating contracts, and mandating to DoD that efficiency is the order of the day.
However, because 99% of our country is happy to let other people volunteer to put their lives on the line for our freedoms, they might not have noticed the drain that fighting wars all over the place (albeit primarily in the ME), operating at tempos not seen since the heart of battle during WWII, being deprived the ability to plan due to cowards in Congress who hiding behind Continuing Resolutions instead of allocating funds through a transparent budget process, the folks we are taking care of (Saudi Arabia, European Union, et al) not footing hardly any of the bill, has caused our military to become terribly depleted in terms of equipment, training, and personnel. Hence the request to jump start that back to regular order with immediate cash.
Provide a real budget that allows the military to plan, be prepared, and create efficiencies while getting the global deadbeats to pay their fair share and you'll start to see less impact to the overall budget for the DoD line, though it will still be the largest such investment in the world. Because peace through strength.
However, because 99% of our country is happy to let other people volunteer to put their lives on the line for our freedoms, they might not have noticed the drain that fighting wars all over the place (albeit primarily in the ME), operating at tempos not seen since the heart of battle during WWII, being deprived the ability to plan due to cowards in Congress who hiding behind Continuing Resolutions instead of allocating funds through a transparent budget process, the folks we are taking care of (Saudi Arabia, European Union, et al) not footing hardly any of the bill, has caused our military to become terribly depleted in terms of equipment, training, and personnel. Hence the request to jump start that back to regular order with immediate cash.
Provide a real budget that allows the military to plan, be prepared, and create efficiencies while getting the global deadbeats to pay their fair share and you'll start to see less impact to the overall budget for the DoD line, though it will still be the largest such investment in the world. Because peace through strength.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:54 pm to fareplay
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Good, Iraq and Afghanistan wasnt domestic. Tell me again how our invasion to other countries defends domestic tranquility?
Argue all you want about Iraq. My position it was "right target, poor execution" - but I also see the argument from the other side that it was discretionary.
But, Afghanistan? If you can't see we needed to respond to 9/11 by going after the evil doers, than I don't know what else to tell you. This ain't Canada, baw.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:54 pm to fareplay
you're kidding, right?
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:55 pm to fareplay
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Leave it to the southern football forums to put bigger weight on more guns over helping the less fortuna
You just tapped out of your own argument.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:55 pm to Ace Midnight
9/11 was done majority by Saudis. Where is their piece of the war?
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:57 pm to Ace Midnight
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Let me help you with it again:
This shtick.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:57 pm to fareplay
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I read that even if we cut military spending by HALF, we are still the largest spenders?
Not as a percentage.
Did anyone post that stupid defense spending chart yet?
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:59 pm to fareplay
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9/11 was done majority by Saudis. Where is their piece of the war?
Saudis operating out of Afghanistan under the auspices of AQ - themselves under the protection of the Taliban.
It wasn't Saudi Arabia, per se. Although I have my concerns over elements of their intelligence apparatus having involvement with the attack, that still doesn't change the fact that the attacks themselves were directed out of Afghanistan with the explicit consent of the unlawful government there at the time.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:59 pm to fareplay
Entitlements dwarf the military
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:59 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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Not as a percentage.
Did anyone post that stupid defense spending chart yet?
Also doesn't take into account purchasing power parity.
When you consider that it takes the Russians or Chinese about a quarter as many financial resources to train a good soldier or field a fourth generation fighter as it does us, that gap narrows with a quickness.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 3:01 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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Not as a percentage. Did anyone post that stupid defense spending chart yet?
Still early.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 3:01 pm to fareplay
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Why is military spending ignored when its clearly the largest piece?
Yeah..no. The largest expenditure, by far, is for things related to human services and benefits.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 3:01 pm to Ace Midnight
So you choose to believe some information but not others that do not fit your narrative?
Who do you think gave them the resource? Where did the people come from? Come on man, think.
Who do you think gave them the resource? Where did the people come from? Come on man, think.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 3:02 pm to fareplay
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Enlisting in the military is forced welfare
Either you don't know what welfare is or you don't know what military is. Pick one.
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