Two graphics on military spending

[lunatica]

No explanation needed here...



And military spending doesn't create more jobs than other spending

[L0oniX]

1. War, troops, military ...be all you can be ...rah rah rah

Fuck that. Fuck the world police. Fuck imperialism. Take care of our own first!

[RandomThoughts]

3. Your post has the assumption that high spending on military

takes care of people in other countries.

Although some actions can, military does not always do that. Furthermore those that like military spending usually criticize foreign aid.

So your thought may be missing the point by attaching that concept to taking care of their own.

[lunatica]

2. This is mind numbingly boggling

[Skidmore]

4. One of our biggest employee programs...

public and private.

[jwirr]

5. The modern day WPA & CCC combined. However, those programs

produced more usable results.

[DeSwiss]

6. K&R

When one considers the heinous acts committed by capitalists and corporations from this country -- and the hatred that their acts have engendered from so many in the rest of the world -- then and only then do our military spending levels begin to make sense. I have little doubt about what would happen to us if we didn't.


- When Ike warned us about the Military-Industrial-Complex taking control of our country, it was already too late........

[RKP5637]

7. We need an Ike back again to warn about the MIC, but I have no idea who

that is that can create real change...

[Freetradesucks]

8. Very interesting...

Spending has gone up under the Obama admin.

What the fuck is this guy up to??

I will reply to all of the lock-stepper's before they dog-pile.

What the fuck is Obama up to that military spending has increased from Bush??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[lunatica]

9. He sent 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and there are more drone strikes

These are two examples.

[Freetradesucks]

10. I thought that he was against these two wars?

I could have sworn he was against these wars. Why is he escalating them??

[WCGreen]

11. By keeping relative peace,.,,,

We are underwriting the rest of the worlds safety.

Our ships make it safe to transport goods from the emerging markets to the shopping centers of the world.

The expenditure on the military is just another subsidy to the wealthy.

[lunatica]

12. kick for the Sunday crowd