Where did your tax dollars go?

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by icenine

Like I have said before (despite derision from my left wing buddies that do not like the MIC) it is big chunk of our economy. If it goes away we will all have to work at Walmart perhaps. And do not think your private place of employment is not tied to it in some way.

flame away

lol

Could you not do what you now do in support of government programs that rebuilds infrastructure, improves and guards our borders and that sort of stuff, giving us well paying jobs that generate income tax and increases consumer spending?




Carl

[icenine]

Originally Posted by CarlV

Could you not do what you now do in support of government programs that rebuilds infrastructure, improves and guards our borders and that sort of stuff, giving us well paying jobs that generate income tax and increases consumer spending?




Carl

I am all in favor of that sort of infrastructure stimulus.

[barbara]

Originally Posted by icenine

Like I have said before (despite derision from my left wing buddies that do not like the MIC) it is big chunk of our economy. If it goes away we will all have to work at Walmart perhaps. And do not think your private place of employment is not tied to it in some way.

flame away

lol

I agree, mostly.
I believe we need the personnel to keep the military at the ready.
What I disagree with is the amount of money spent on weapons when we already have enough power to wipe out any other country on the earth.
I also recent paying the salaries of those decision makers who think we have to justify a war to satisfy their own private agendas.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by barbara

I agree, mostly.
I believe we need the personnel to keep the military at the ready.
What I disagree with is the amount of money spent on weapons when we already have enough power to wipe out any other country on the earth.
I also recent paying the salaries of those decision makers who think we have to justify a war to satisfy their own private agendas.

The trouble with giving the military new toys is that they get impatient and must play with them.

[icenine]

What upsets me the most is all the state government employees playing solitare on their government computers....

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by icenine

What upsets me the most is all the state government employees playing solitare on their government computers....

What pisses me off is xray techs kickin' back with their feet up, listening to music on my tax dollars... (Typing nonsense on their iPhones)

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by merrylander

No flames, but there are countless other things we need that could use up the money and employ people in the process, it is a function of priorities methinks

Originally Posted by CarlV

Could you not do what you now do in support of government programs that rebuilds infrastructure, improves and guards our borders and that sort of stuff, giving us well paying jobs that generate income tax and increases consumer spending?



Carl

Originally Posted by barbara

I agree, mostly.
I believe we need the personnel to keep the military at the ready.
What I disagree with is the amount of money spent on weapons when we already have enough power to wipe out any other country on the earth.
I also recent paying the salaries of those decision makers who think we have to justify a war to satisfy their own private agendas.

Originally Posted by merrylander

The trouble with giving the military new toys is that they get impatient and must play with them.

Agree with all of the above.

Contained therein are all the problems I have with allowing the military to become a primary "jobs program", which it has.

Butchery as our leading industry? Starting wars because we need to create some jobs?

Does nobody see the potential for wrongdoing in that?

Okay, Pete. Time to que up the, "Oooooo, he said America is evil!" Bullshit. All I have to say to that is, "Well, what would you call it if it was someone else stimulating their economy by bring war to OUR shores?"

Christian principles my ass.

Dave

[icenine]

Originally Posted by bobabode

What pisses me off is xray techs kickin' back with their feet up, listening to music on my tax dollars... (Typing nonsense on their iPhones)

guilty!


now you know I was only joking lol

[icenine]

We must find the middle ground between Dave and Pete

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by icenine

We must find the middle ground between Dave and Pete

Why? Pete's wrong...