"The U.S. military is a national security threat"

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"America's armed forces are a massive drain on resources that could otherwise strengthen the country"

http://www.salon.com/2015/05/24/the...eat/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 

[ImTheCaptain]

we should start charging other countries a world police tax

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

Or we could just stop giving them money.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

yeah, i like my cheap TVs and what not, though

 

[RaleighDevil]

I do not believe the words "national security threat" mean what the author thinks they mean. It's Salon. What do you expect?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

why not? bankrupting the nation is a threat

 

[PhDeac]

Eh. It's RaleighDevil. What do you expect?

 

[siff]

I do not believe the words "national security threat" mean what the author thinks they mean. It's Salon. What do you expect?

I'm fairly certain the author understands what these words mean. It's conservatives who fail to comprehend what our gross overspending on military has done to our country.

 

[jhmd2000]

why not? bankrupting the nation is a threat

[Insert pie-chart of federal spending here]

 

[jhmd2000]

I'm fairly certain the author understands what these words mean. It's conservatives who fail to comprehend what our gross overspending on military has done to our country.

[and here]

 

[siff]

Pick one

[Insert pie-chart of federal spending here]

 

[jhmd2000]

Why don't we use one from the CBO?

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[ImTheCaptain]

We spend too much on the Air Force. /thread

 

[jhmd2000]

It's clear we can't spend money on everything we'd like to. Perhaps we should stick to those items for which there is Constitutional authority.

 

[jhmd2000]

Fun little graphic, but at a tad misleading, since it leaves out our single largest expense: the entitlement program of social security.

Further, who is the "you" in "your"? Shouldn't it be "This is where the minority of Americans who paid taxes last year's dollars went." Maybe if everybody paid we could afford the entitlement programs that comprise a plurality of federal spending (hey liars: quit focusing only on so-called discretionary spending). There's graphics that tell the whole story, like the one I posted.

 

[siff]

That's a fun little statement, since we all pay into Social Security. I love when guys like you tell me that a fund into which I pay is actually an "entitlement."

 

[jhmd2000]

That's a fun little statement, since we all pay into Social Security. I love when guys like you tell me that a fund into which I pay is actually an "entitlement."

Why don't we stick to factual statements?