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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 08:52 PM
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how many teachers' jobs could be saved for the price of ONE B2 bomber?
I bet it would be lots of them though I don]t know the math. This government and country has its priorities and the military/industrial welfare complex heads the list while everything else tanks. And speaking of tanks, how many clinics could stay open for the price of a few tanks?

Sad

Msongs
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 08:54 PM
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1. I don't know the math either, but my WAG is: ALL of them n/t
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 09:10 PM
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2. 18,425
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 09:13 PM
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3. Yes, but....
How many teachers would you have to drop on a target to gain the same effect as a B2?
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 09:25 PM
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4. 18,425
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 09:27 PM
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5. B2's were paid for long ago.......
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 09:28 PM
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6. yep the attack on the treasury was a complete success nt
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 09:51 PM
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7. Yep.
And how many people -- our most precious resource -- could get health care. Yet this country continues to throw money at the MIC. :mad:


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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 09:54 PM
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8. Or an adequate tax on one Wall Street bonus?
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 10:16 PM
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9. 1 B-2...$1 billion?
$1 billion / $45,000 salaries...and you get about 20,000 jobs.

But as someone pointed out the B-2 money is long since spent.
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Bigmack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-10 10:25 PM
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10. Yeah, but teachers can't ZOOOOOOM thru the skies....
and blast the shit out of civilian "collateral damage".
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