Originally posted by Ghost375
We need to drastically cut down military spending.

That's all well and good, but what are you going to do with the millions of people who rely on the military both directly and indirectly for their livelihoods? Have them camp out with the OWSers? Take their PhDs and go fix the highways and railroads? There's no realistic plan in place to shift our economy away from something military driven to something (?) driven.

Historically, if you want to fix your economy, you build the biggest army you can and then go invade somebody.

Originally posted by Blue Shift

Originally posted by Ghost375
We need to drastically cut down military spending.

That's all well and good, but what are you going to do with the millions of people who rely on the military both directly and indirectly for their livelihoods? Have them camp out with the OWSers? Take their PhDs and go fix the highways and railroads? There's no realistic plan in place to shift our economy away from something military driven to something (?) driven.

Historically, if you want to fix your economy, you build the biggest army you can and then go invade somebody.

Or you could simply bring as many military personal home as possible, pay them to rebuild and re-open factories and then put them to work in them. I know it is a crazy idea but on military pay we could afford to stop outsourcing everything to China.......

considering the government lies about everything.
for instance the unemployment rate, i'd be the actual debt is double this number.

Originally posted by rubbertramp
considering the government lies about everything.
for instance the unemployment rate, i'd be the actual debt is double this number.

That’s why your 3-B’s will be needed soon. Bullets bullion and beans

Originally posted by camaro68ss


That’s why your 3-B’s will be needed soon. Bullets bullion and beans

bullets- check
bullion- check, some anyhow
beans- check

all i really need is a platinum credit card though.

Originally posted by SkyMuerte
Or you could simply bring as many military personal home as possible, pay them to rebuild and re-open factories and then put them to work in them. I know it is a crazy idea but on military pay we could afford to stop outsourcing everything to China.

What do you want them to build? Flying cars? Widgets? And you know you'd still have to figure out a way to pay them less than a Chinese laborer, which probably wouldn't go over too well. You just can't open factories and have people make random stuff. The market decides what gets made, how much of it gets made, who works to make it.

Not only that, but who is going to own these factories? The government? That could end up costing the same or more than it does now, with the government footing the bill for building the factories, supplying them, giving employees health insurance, etc. They might as well just keep building weapons and then finding excuses to blow them up. At least there's a market for it, and it's steady work.

Originally posted by SkyMuerte
As for sending missiles into another Country someone darn well better ask the American Public. I think it may even be a requirement.......

Those were just humanitarian bombs, remember?