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Old 06-28-2017, 07:00 AM
 
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When the freebies end and we stop allowing ourselves to be taken advantage of... yes, the others will not like it.

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The Trump cult loves this, but they're oblivious to the consequences. Our influence and soft power in the world is disappearing. The State Department is non-functional now, intentionally. We no longer have diplomacy as a tool, which means we're going to be heading into war more often.
Does it matter that while we were endearing ourselves to the world... we have dug ourselves a huge pile of debt in the process? ... in large part because we give away some much money to foreign entities and have been subject to bad deals that hurt the country's bottom line?
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Old 06-28-2017, 07:05 AM
 
Location: Del Rio, TN
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When the freebies end and we stop allowing ourselves to be taken advantage of... yes, the others will not like it.
It's not just internationally-look at the temper tantrums our own leftists are throwing when they don't get their toys.
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Old 06-28-2017, 07:16 AM
 
Location: USA
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When the [bailout] freebies end and we stop allowing ourselves to be taken advantage of... yes, the [Wall Street banking class] will not like it.



Does it matter that while we were endearing ourselves to the [Wall Street banking class]... we have dug ourselves a huge pile of debt in the process? ... in large part because we give away some much money to [the Wall Street banking class] and have been subject to bad [bailout] deals that hurt the country's bottom line?
Fixed your post for you.
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Old 06-28-2017, 07:19 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Good, its working !!!

The tap is closed on the money keg.

The world doesn't put our interest first. WTF
Yep... They can actually start paying their fair share for NATO, and start using their own militaries to protect their interests instead of ours.
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