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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts) Wed Mar 1, 2017, 12:15 AM Mar 2017

$50 billion more for the military even if allies "pay their fair share" makes no sense.

Do they think their complete lack of logic, common sense and denial of facts will just go unnoticed after the deployment of the ancient A Chicken in Every Basket speech?

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$50 billion more for the military even if allies "pay their fair share" makes no sense. (Original Post) Fred Sanders Mar 2017 OP

He's simply identifying 2naSalit Mar 2017 #1

Bingo. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #2

I think it was Grover Norquist who said they want to get the government small enough MrPurple Mar 2017 #3

2naSalit

(86,323 posts)

1. He's simply identifying

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Wed Mar 1, 2017, 12:19 AM

Mar 2017

the diameter of the hose he plans to use while siphoning the treasury dry and ultimately our own paychecks.

littlemissmartypants

(22,558 posts)

2. Bingo.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 1, 2017, 12:23 AM

Mar 2017

MrPurple

(985 posts)

3. I think it was Grover Norquist who said they want to get the government small enough

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Wed Mar 1, 2017, 12:25 AM

Mar 2017

so they can strangle it in the bathtub. Bannon said they want to "deconstruct the administrative state". They want to take down all social/regulatory programs and bankrupt us so that we can't afford to restart them. And, there has never been anyone more qualified for bankruptcy and destruction.

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