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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Sun Jun 10, 2012, 12:47 PM Jun 2012

When CON/Repub/Teabaggers spout "cut government"


They never talk about cutting the fatcat private sector miltary contractors who are sucking at the government's teat, and at a profit.



A profit margin by the way that has as it's incentive...more war.

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When CON/Repub/Teabaggers spout "cut government" (Original Post) SHRED Jun 2012 OP
You noticed that too, huh? KansDem Jun 2012 #1
Yup. woo me with science Jun 2012 #2
In other breaking news... 99Forever Jun 2012 #3
:) SHRED Jun 2012 #4
Glad you took that in the spirit I intended. 99Forever Jun 2012 #6
Did we expect anything else? SoutherDem Jun 2012 #5

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
1. You noticed that too, huh?
Sun Jun 10, 2012, 12:54 PM
Jun 2012

Where were the Tenth Amendmenters during Bush v. Gore when the Feds stopped the count in Florida, and where are they when the Feds raid California medicinal-marijuana clinics?

Strangely silent...

CONs/Repubs/Teabaggers are hypocrites when it comes to Big Government. As long as Big Government is doing something that advances their political agenda, they love the Big G...

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
6. Glad you took that in the spirit I intended.
Sun Jun 10, 2012, 10:43 PM
Jun 2012

Now that I look at it again, it might have seemed a little snarky, which wasn't at all what I had in mind.



SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
5. Did we expect anything else?
Sun Jun 10, 2012, 01:11 PM
Jun 2012

Government cuts mean cut things for the poor, not the feeding dish for their friends.

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