Comments on: Just sayin’ https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/21/just-sayin-4/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/21/just-sayin-4/#comment-14066 TB Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:45:49 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13717#comment-14066 <p>My mistake...</p> Here's the <a href="http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/us_debt/us_debt.html" rel="nofollow">full presentation.</a> The end illustration shows the unfunded mandate. I blew the math. My mistake…

Here’s the full presentation. The end illustration shows the unfunded mandate. I blew the math.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/21/just-sayin-4/#comment-14061 bowser Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:33:19 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13717#comment-14061 Inane spending. The last time the US was invaded was in 1811 by England. There WAS Pearl Harbor and WTC, but those were not serious military affairs, and at least WTC could have been prevented. However, here's a reference on American military spending. All of that is to maintain an empire for the richest corporations in the world. It is not for national defense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures 169 military bases all over the world for what? It's not to protect American citizens, not to protect American borders. What a waste. Inane spending. The last time the US was invaded was in 1811 by England. There WAS Pearl Harbor and WTC, but those were not serious military affairs, and at least WTC could have been prevented.

However, here’s a reference on American military spending. All of that is to maintain an empire for the richest corporations in the world. It is not for national defense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures

169 military bases all over the world for what? It’s not to protect American citizens, not to protect American borders.

What a waste.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/21/just-sayin-4/#comment-14057 TB Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:17:11 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=13717#comment-14057 <p>For more fun...</p> The unfunded mandates for our social programs would make a pile four times that size. For more fun…

The unfunded mandates for our social programs would make a pile four times that size.

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