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To: unclewest who wrote (135739)6/5/2004 5:44:44 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 281500
 
$3 trillion in tax and $400 billion in Department of Defence.

That's real money!

Gee, I didn't realize quite such a high proportion of USA taxes go to military activities. Are you getting a good bang for my tax bucks? I bet I could do some cost-cutting.

First, I'd ramp up the NUN to take responsibility for security in a globalizing world. Then, I'd do some outsourcing, calling for volunteers around the world to join the USA or NUN military services.

Cancel some boondoggles.

I bet costs could be halved.

I notice Rumsfeld went to Bangladesh, looking for some outsourcing for Moslems to keep security in Iraq stable.

Mqurice



To: unclewest who wrote (135739)6/6/2004 11:28:32 AM
From: Dr. Id  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Say this.

Yes, our military budget is about 400 billion dollars. Add another 300 billion of interest on the military-caused national debt.

The military chiefs are out of control. They keep asking for major increases (1.5 billion for the Marines, $20 billion for the navy, $30 billion for the army...) while we spend more than 22 times more than our seven potential enemies - Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria) combined.


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