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Phred42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 12:06 PM
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Military faces $100 billion in equipment repairs.
It will never stop until we stop it.
If you think the Military needs another nickel out of us, check out the graph below

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Military faces $100 billion in equipment repairs.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/26/military-faces-100-billion-in-equipment-repairs/

After more than five years of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military’s equipment has been worn out, and repairs will cost the Pentagon more than $100 billion. Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), chair of the House committee that oversees military spending, notes that the Bush administration’s failures to plan for the long wars makes the Pentagon’s plan “to add 92,000 new soldiers and Marines unrealistic.”



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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 12:38 PM
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1. Taxpayers to be milked for $100 billion in military repairs.
Of course, our military expenditures reflect the peace loving nature of our country.

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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 01:10 PM
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2. Ya think they could appropriate about
$600 to get my air conditioner fixed? They'll never miss it.
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