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Viva_Daddy

(785 posts) Mon Feb 23, 2015, 02:26 PM Feb 2015

Politics and the Military: Perpetual Spending Machines

Both political parties appear to be in perpetual campaign and fundraising mode.
The Pentagon appears to be in perpetual war mode.

Surely there are much better ways of spending all that money. What a waste.

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Politics and the Military: Perpetual Spending Machines (Original Post) Viva_Daddy Feb 2015 OP

One would think that with all the money wasted on the military, they'd win a war occasionally. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #1

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

1. One would think that with all the money wasted on the military, they'd win a war occasionally.