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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2015, 03:48 PM Apr 2015

Failing defense programs kept alive by lawmakers

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Failing programs kept alive by lawmakers

Members of Congress whose states or districts benefited from missile defense spending fought doggedly to protect three of the programs long after their shortcomings became obvious.

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Failing defense programs kept alive by lawmakers (Original Post) Panich52 Apr 2015 OP

Failing defense programs kept alive by financially successful lawmakers. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2015 #1

That is not a new action since we have been doing this kind of thing for decades. The difference jwirr Apr 2015 #2

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

1. Failing defense programs kept alive by financially successful lawmakers.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 03:53 PM

Apr 2015

The payoffs used to be delivered in brown paper bags. Now they're called "campaign contributions".

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

2. That is not a new action since we have been doing this kind of thing for decades. The difference

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 10:48 PM

Apr 2015

today is that we live in a world that is in economic trouble and spending on the military does not promote growth or give us anything to show for our expenditure unless we go to war. We would be much better off if we paid workers to rebuild our country for the 21st Century.

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