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Our nation is being preyed upon by a military industrial complex that is propped up by war profiteers, corrupt politicians and foreign governments.
America has so much to offer—creativity, ingenuity, vast natural resources, a rich heritage, a beautifully diverse populace, a freedom foundation unrivaled anywhere in the world, and opportunities galore—and yet our birthright is being sold out from under us so that power-hungry politicians, greedy military contractors, and bloodthirsty war hawks can make a hefty profit at our expense.
I understand that this argument will not go anywhere as new cars are getting quite expensive and there are second homes that need to be bought and well, those who are killed, we don't know them.
It's not the constant war that is evil, it's people here that want to be able to afford to see a doctor or so the argument goes.
To make a fair argument, it's unfortunate that many that argue for things like universal health care actually support the very reasons we have a hard time affording it.
Pity the Nation: War Spending Is Bankrupting America
The Pentagon budget is bloated. Excessively and shamefully.
Some people complain about all the money we spend supporting NATO, Korea and other such things, but just suggest that we cut the budget with the savings from withdrawing that support and we get dead silence from them. The Pentagon has more money than they know how to spend and the Republicans are planning to give them much more (not because they need it, but for political reasons). To do this Trump is proposing cutting the State Department, EPA, FEMA, Social Security, Agricultural Department and a host of other vital services. Total nonsense.
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Pity the Nation: War Spending Is Bankrupting America
The Pentagon budget is bloated. Excessively and shamefully.
Some people complain about all the money we spend supporting NATO, Korea and other such things, but just suggest that we cut the budget with the savings from withdrawing that support and we get dead silence from them. The Pentagon has more money than they know how to spend and the Republicans are planning to give them much more (not because they need it, but for political reasons). To do this Trump is proposing cutting the State Department, EPA, FEMA, Social Security, Agricultural Department and a host of other vital services. Total nonsense.
The DoD is also the only major US agency to have never been audited other than internally.
Trump wanted to pull our troops from the ME and he is trying to reduce the aid given to countries that claim to be our allies, while asking other countries to step up their support for NATO and the Left hates him for daring to try.
Politics are weird.
Conservatives are bankrupting us abroad through never ending wars...
Progressives are gearing up to bankrupt us here at home by inviting millions of "migrants" into the country?
Well America has had a good run when it comes to Democratic Republics and it was fun while it lasted..
Trump wanted to pull our troops from the ME and he is trying to reduce the aid given to countries that claim to be our allies, while asking other countries to step up their support for NATO and the Left hates him for daring to try.
Trump has the power to pull the troops. He could do it tomorrow. The condemnation there is not coming from the left.
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