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Bernie Sanders

BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts) Wed Apr 13, 2016, 04:15 AM Apr 2016

Things we CAN afford vs. things we CAN'T afford

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Things we CAN afford vs. things we CAN'T afford (Original Post) BigBearJohn Apr 2016 OP

If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or to care for our elderly ... Scuba Apr 2016 #1

Easy Thav Apr 2016 #2

It's all about priorities Hydra Apr 2016 #3

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or to care for our elderly ...

Reply to BigBearJohn (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 07:16 AM

Apr 2016

... then just what is it the defense budget is defending?

Thav

(946 posts)

2. Easy

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 09:25 AM

Apr 2016

the profits of large corporations and the oil industry.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)

3. It's all about priorities

Reply to BigBearJohn (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:03 AM

Apr 2016

Right now, the 1% are getting obscene amounts of welfare. What do they need all of that for? We pay them to buy our gov't from us?

We could have used that money for all sorts of things that would have led to a better society and a greener world. Instead we subsidized the "Elite."

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