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I'm not sure why we don't spend a bigger chunk of our budget on the military and continue to prop up the military industrial complex. It'll keep our defense contractors employed and if we spend enough, probably create more jobs. In fact, I think this is what countries like North Korea already does in exclusion of anything else in their society and it has worked wonders for enhancing the lives of their people.
Not really... Romney wasn't about wanting anything in 1916 / 1917, or even 1920, but maybe the economy that was around in the 1950's might not be too bad.
Wanting is one thing, going about it is another. Sorry, I see 1920s and I drive past Eisenhower's birthplace, I can't help but wonder how high for a cliff he would look for, to jump off it, to see the state of republicanism today, and for 2-3 decades now. And you can thank FDR too. Let us not forget the birth of military industrial complex and its influence, the push for cold war, "fear the commies rhetoric" and what not.
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It's like gas..... gas didn't go up the dollar went down as hard as that is to believe. Today's dollars are subsidized by the Govt or else they would be quite worthless.
So no one should have any problem. All you need to do is knock off about 50 bucks or so an hour and you will be able to break even.
Today a troy oz of silver is $31.84 / 4 = $7.96 and so this is what gas should cost today, and would if money was real.
Which prosperity is it you want?
Ideologies don't make realities. And especially based on ideas from people who personally benefited from policies in post-WWII period that lasted 2-3 decades, and now support the exact opposite for the future generations.
If this is the best that the right wing propaganda spin machine can come up with post foreign policy debate, then it's pretty clear that they're runnning out of things to scrape from the bottom of their overused slimy barrel.
The fact that Obama likened a strong naval force to being an idea from the past, is horrific.
You seem like a intelligent person so I would assume that you understand the difference between quantitative and qualitative which is basis for the current debate regarding the number vs the quality of warships needed by the Navy. So, let's not pretend that the argument is between a strong and a weak naval force.
Well, RWers, not that you're at all interested...but this is what the President said:
Regarding Horses and Bayonets:
"You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916," Obama said. "Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets,...
Sorry, he didn't say no horses and bayonets, he said fewer.
As to the Military, and the strength of the Navy:
...because the nature of our military's changed.
"We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go under water, nuclear submarines," he said.
MORE does not necessarily mean better, children.
Epic Fail.
Sorry, no matter how you want to spin the numbers, Mittens was handed his a$$ by the President.
I know Fox News made a faux story for it loyal, unquestioning, non-thinking audience. Facts:
Romney: "our navy is smaller than anytime now since 1917"
Obama: "we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed"
Right wing media: "Obama flubbed... military still uses bayonets"
sailordave and like: "Obama flubbed... we still use bayonets.
When you can count on... "Conservatism"
^^^^^ This hits the mark!
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