by Roy » Tue 17 May 2011, 07:31:18
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'h')ey distract you with non sense about over paid life guards or over paid teachers but it is peanuts compared to real government excess of endless war and banker bailouts.
This. The right loves to blame the 'welfare queens' and the left loves to blame 'the rich'. They're both correct, at least a little bit. However...
Notice whenever politicians are on TV (particularly MSM approved presidential candidates), and are discussing potential budget cuts, defense is almost never mentioned, by Democrats or Republicans. Instead they talk about medicare and social security.
DOD is the elephant in the room that no one will talk about. My contention is that if we weren't fighting 3 wars and trying to police the world, we'd have more money to re-invest in infrastructure in this country, which informed observers understand is basically crumbling from neglect.
Waste is endemic in the fed and state govs. I was looking at a job listing for the VA in my field about two months ago. You wouldn't believe the salaries and benefits that they offer compared to a private company for a similar level of responsibility and skills.
A nations military should only be used in a nations self defense, not to entertain liberal cravings for shaping poor nations into images of themselves by force. -- Eastbay
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