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To: i-node who wrote (751549)	11/7/2013 10:12:34 AM
From: Bonefish	3 Recommendations Recommended By i-node TideGlider tonto Respond to of 1575624

The botched launch of Obamacare clearly shows the low grade of human intelligence at the governmental level. Sebellius et al just doesn't have the brains to do it. Had someone like Google or Facebook even Microsoft been in charge I suspect the website would have gone off with very few glitches.

To: i-node who wrote (751549)	11/7/2013 12:24:12 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1575624

All that money returns to Americans who NEED it Dave, except for the huge slice of wasted defense dept. money.

To: i-node who wrote (751549)

11/8/2013 10:49:04 AM

From: John Vosilla

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Military Industrial Complex costs us over $1Trillion a year. Basically everything affiliated with the VA, plus Homeland Security and interest on wars the biggest components not factored into DOD.

en.wikipedia.org

Budget breakdown for 2012[ edit]

*Defense-related expenditure*	2012 Budget request & Mandatory spending [22] [23]	Calculation [24] [25]
DOD spending	$707.5 billion	Base budget + "Overseas Contingency Operations"
FBI counter-terrorism	$2.9 billion	At least one-third FBI budget.
International Affairs	$5.6–$63.0 billion	At minimum, foreign arms sales. At most, entire State budget
Energy Department, defense-related	$21.8 billion
Veterans Affairs	$70.0 billion
Homeland Security	$46.9 billion
NASA, satellites	$3.5–$8.7 billion	Between 20% and 50% of NASA's total budget
Veterans pensions	$54.6 billion
Other defense-related mandatory spending	$8.2 billion
Interest on debt incurred in past wars	$109.1–$431.5 billion	Between 23% and 91% of total interest
*Total Spending*	*$1.030–$1.415 trillion*