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To: bentway who wrote (244839)	2/17/2014 3:55:25 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 542218

Yup It's the same problem with single payer. You'd put all those worthless insurance folks out of a job. We'll have to find something else for them to do. Of course sweeping the streets with pushbrooms would be of more value than what they're doing now...

To: bentway who wrote (244839)	2/17/2014 7:29:49 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542218

I can see an avenue that preserves the role of the defense industry, and actually contributes to the protection of the country It's a matter of defining the threats and allocating the resources accordingly Kerry claims that climate change is a greater threat than terrorism That is a tautology Since Republicans will never blink at a defense appropriation, let's rope-a-dope The only way to get them to underwrite the work that must be undertaken, as a result of both the magnitude and the urgency, is to enlist the defense industry to help with the fight It has to be done, we have massive system engineering firms with the resources to start solving the problems, let's use em and get some actual benefit out of these obscene defense budgets..by fighting real threats Case in point: Lockheed inks deal to produce energy from ocean waves in Australia reuters.com