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Fred Drum

(293 posts) Sun Jan 25, 2015, 12:22 AM Jan 2015

would it make sense to employ more in the nuclear weapons industry?

or would that be a bad idea

http://www.dw.de/millions-of-german-workers-in-poverty/a-18212765

also, social programs can do good, or maybe minimum income

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with more than 3 million germans in poverty... [View all] Fred Drum Jan 2015 OP

an alternative is to spend less on the war machine Fred Drum Jan 2015 #4

. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #2

German poverty is generally better than U.S.A. poverty. hunter Jan 2015 #3

degree's of poverty Fred Drum Jan 2015 #6

Are we? hunter Jan 2015 #7

Surely that's not the only potential source of employment. SheilaT Jan 2015 #5

Everything's relative. DeSwiss Jan 2015 #8

"Poverty" in Germany has low threshhold compared to U.S. Divernan Jan 2015 #9