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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (687337)	12/6/2012 4:58:00 PM
From: Alighieri	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 1583175

Yet here you are claiming that people ought to pay for the huge military complex that the federal government currently funds, even though spending has been going down over the past several years..... That was my point in telling you that defense spending is now down to 20% of the federal budget from a high of 25% at one time in recent history. Where did you get the idea that military spending has been going down? We've doubled it in 10 years...?? AND, where do you get the notion that it should be indexed to GDP? That's nuts.... Well the argument can easily be turned around. People ought to pay for the SS benefits they and their loved ones are or will be getting. I completely agree...you might have noticed that I have advocated for these tax cuts to be rescinded...income and payroll...if not immediately, then gradually....so you are mis-characterizing my positions. I have also explicitly said that funds from cutting the military budget ought to be re-routed to domestic programs like SS, infrastructure, health care. People also ought to pay for ObamaCare and all the other freebies that Obama has promised but so far has failed to deliver. What stuff are you talking about here that is free and obama has failed to deliver? WTH are you talking about? Al

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