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Old 02-11-2015, 08:02 AM
 
Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA.
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yeah they don't to the left either. ACA come to mind?
how about all the military salaries and benefits that have been cut by the left

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GOP continues push for more defense spending - News - Stripes

Notice there is no plan on actually paying for it all......

Apparently deficits don't matter when it comes to the military industrial complex that the GOP supports.
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Old 02-11-2015, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Lightbulb GOP is pushing to spend more on the military

No way!

They almost certainly DO NOT want to "spend more on the military." That would mean good pay raises for active duty personnel and better benefits for veterans.

What the GOP wants is to funnel more taxpayer funds to their pals in the defense industry and to contractors like Halliburton and whatever Blackwater is calling itself this month.
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Old 02-11-2015, 08:15 AM
 
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Haliburton has been doing fine the last 6 years.
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Old 02-11-2015, 11:40 AM
 
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Haliburton has been doing fine the last 6 years.
"the last 6 years" Longer then that.

Most libs don't know that it was Bill Clinton who gave then their FIRST no bid contract, or the wish to ignore it.

"Best company for the job says Bill Clinton. This should be a great idea
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In 1997, when LOGCAP was again put up for bid, Halliburton-Brown & Root lost the compebreastion to another contractor, Dyncorp. But the Clinton Defense Department, rather than switch from Halliburton to Dyncorp, elected to award a separate, sole-source contract to Halliburton-Brown & Root to continue its work in the Balkans"

Clinton Awards Haliburton contract
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Old 02-11-2015, 11:41 AM
 
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Huh...seems there was someone today that wanted to expand the war on isis..isil or what ever you want to call it...

Can anyone remember who that was....
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Old 02-11-2015, 11:51 AM
 
Location: ATX-HOU
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we need the people and equipment to have a strong military

nato/un??? who do you think nato/un is nato/un has ZERO troops...

when """NATO""" sends troops in they TASK the other countries (ie USA) to supply those said troops
Along with the other member nations so the cost is shared.....


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much of the spending is MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT
MAINTAINING and BETTERING the BARRACKS for the SOLDIERS
PAY for the soldiers


soldiers get less and less everyyear, because of inflation.....


our soldiers are severely underpaid....
Underpaid compared to who.... Ghana?

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we need a strong READY army, ready to defend not only our physical country, but all of our countries interests
Defend it from what?

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right now you have things going on in Ukrane, Iraq, Syria, Honduras, western Africa, Latvia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Yemen , Libya
each of these requires some manpower...our military is shorthanded , especially for the dangerous jobs we have.... less than 1% of all americans have ever even joined the military....less than 4% are even QUALIFIED to join
And?

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why do the democrats constantly want to cut the military and hurt the soldiers????
Because why do we need such a large military?
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Old 02-11-2015, 11:53 AM
 
Location: ATX-HOU
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Huh...seems there was someone today that wanted to expand the war on isis..isil or what ever you want to call it...

Can anyone remember who that was....
And here I thought he was some Muslim sympathizer....
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Old 02-11-2015, 02:14 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Old Gringo View Post
No way!

They almost certainly DO NOT want to "spend more on the military." That would mean good pay raises for active duty personnel and better benefits for veterans.

What the GOP wants is to funnel more taxpayer funds to their pals in the defense industry and to contractors like Halliburton and whatever Blackwater is calling itself this month.
My apologies, I should have titled this more accurately, you are correct.
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Old 02-11-2015, 02:16 PM
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We have a volunteer army. Everyone knows the pay and risks when they enlist.
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Old 02-11-2015, 02:20 PM
 
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its the fascist liberals that constantly put the soldiers and veterans down
LOL! Fascists are militant by definition.

Mussolini: "Fascism does not generally speaking believe in the possibility of utility of perpetual peace.”

You need to get your terms straightened out.
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