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last1standing

(11,709 posts)
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:30 PM Jan 2016

Cost of war against brown People? Hillary silent. Healthcare for all? HRC asks who will pay for it?

Serious question.

Why is Hillary willing to spend limitless funds to go to war against brown people, but not a penny on universal healthcare?

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Cost of war against brown People? Hillary silent. Healthcare for all? HRC asks who will pay for it? (Original Post) last1standing Jan 2016 OP
I would rather see a trillion dollars spent on hwalthcare than more Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #1
So you have no opinion on limitless funds for killing brown people. Got it. last1standing Jan 2016 #2
Killing people? Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #3
I'm sorry. Did you not know that people get killed in war? last1standing Jan 2016 #6
Sanders has voted to continue the funding to Lockheed Martin on the Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #10
So you only support weapons when Hillary's warhawk credentials are bolstered by them. last1standing Jan 2016 #12
Where did I say this. Maybe it is Sanders who is putting money in his pocketbook. Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #17
It would be crazy to cancel the F-35 at this stage of the game. Vattel Jan 2016 #21
Then those who complain there is not enough money for healthcare for brown Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #22
When you start,with a bogus premise ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #4
Please explain how it's bogus. last1standing Jan 2016 #8
That's all this one has to offer. Metric System Jan 2016 #11
Are you going to accuse me of stalking you in my own thread again? last1standing Jan 2016 #14
Hi! Metric System Jan 2016 #16
Hi! last1standing Jan 2016 #18
Making this about race is just plain dumb. Saudis are "brown" snagglepuss Jan 2016 #5
I'm more concerned with the immunity gun producers have that kills brown people than uponit7771 Jan 2016 #7
So you don't care about wars against brown people. Got it. last1standing Jan 2016 #9
I am brown, of course I care about that but know there are more pressing issues at home against uponit7771 Jan 2016 #13
I agree. We need universal healthcare here, not universal bombs over there. last1standing Jan 2016 #15
I am additionally concerned about the POC mattvermont Jan 2016 #19
It is crazy RobertEarl Jan 2016 #20

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. I would rather see a trillion dollars spent on hwalthcare than more
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:32 PM
Jan 2016

Funds to defense contractors like Lockheed Martin on the F-35 program. It is well over budget and continues to get funded.

last1standing

(11,709 posts)
6. I'm sorry. Did you not know that people get killed in war?
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:38 PM
Jan 2016

Maybe that's the problem. Hillary thought pushing for wars in the Middle-East meant we were going to send thousands of armed soldiers, tanks, and bombs over there so they could give them a good talking-to.

Again, sorry. We seem to have a different understanding of what the word "war" means.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
10. Sanders has voted to continue the funding to Lockheed Martin on the
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:44 PM
Jan 2016

F-35 program, Hillary hasn't been in congress since early 2009. The trillion dollars is on this one project which has not met expectations, experts say it would lose in a dog fight. Maybe expressing anger at Sanders would change his mind the next time funding for Lockheed Martin for the F-35 project comes up.

last1standing

(11,709 posts)
12. So you only support weapons when Hillary's warhawk credentials are bolstered by them.
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:48 PM
Jan 2016

And likely her pocketbook.

And you're still avoiding the fact that Hillary supports spending money on killing brown people but not healing them.

You ignore facts a lot.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
17. Where did I say this. Maybe it is Sanders who is putting money in his pocketbook.
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:52 PM
Jan 2016

Ask Sanders how much could have helped in healing people with the trillion dollars he funded for the F-35 program. BTW, people of all colors gets sick and needs medical attention.

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
21. It would be crazy to cancel the F-35 at this stage of the game.
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 10:12 PM
Jan 2016

Can you imagine spending all that money and then cancelling it without even completing the project? We already have commitments from other nations (e.g., Australia) to buy it.

Clinton would never propose such a thing and neither will Sanders. Sanders has said that the project was wasteful, but he is smart enough to know that it would be absurd to cancel it now.

Experts disagree about how well it will perform. Time will tell.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
22. Then those who complain there is not enough money for healthcare for brown
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 10:18 PM
Jan 2016

People may not like your answer. Maybe cut the salaries of the executives of a corporation who is failing to produce the F-35 and give this project to another corporation.

last1standing

(11,709 posts)
8. Please explain how it's bogus.
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:40 PM
Jan 2016

When you can show me that Hillary did not support spending money on wars against brown people who never threatened us, but now demands that we spend nothing on universal healthcare, I'll apologize.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
5. Making this about race is just plain dumb. Saudis are "brown"
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:38 PM
Jan 2016

and Hill never bombed them or is threatening to bomb them.

uponit7771

(90,301 posts)
7. I'm more concerned with the immunity gun producers have that kills brown people than
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:39 PM
Jan 2016

... wanting to build open a good thing Obama started instead of trashing the whole idea and not telling us how it will be paid for.

uponit7771

(90,301 posts)
13. I am brown, of course I care about that but know there are more pressing issues at home against
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:49 PM
Jan 2016

... brown folk that start with guns not bombs

last1standing

(11,709 posts)
15. I agree. We need universal healthcare here, not universal bombs over there.
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:51 PM
Jan 2016

We could save countless lives in both places.

mattvermont

(646 posts)
19. I am additionally concerned about the POC
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 09:57 PM
Jan 2016

from here that are disproportionately asked (forced) to fight the wars that are eagerly conjured here.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
20. It is crazy
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 10:01 PM
Jan 2016

H is all for spending a trillion dollars a year on war making machinery, then turns around and complains about how health care for our own citizens costs too much, Crazy.

And we see from some replies here so far support of the crazy idea that we can afford to kill but can't afford to heal.

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