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A prudent use of money? (re: military spending)

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02-24-2008 4:05 PM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Silent H
02-24-2008 3:43 PM

Re: Since the air force just crashed a 1.2 billion dollar B-2 bomber
I really wasn't shooting to turn this into a health care topic. Probably shouldn't have even mentioned such.
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My point is, politicians and especially the so called fiscal conservatives decry wasteful government spending. Such would include government paid health insurance, welfare payments, pork barrel projects.
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But the mighty “Defense” is a sacred cow. Even thought it actually is or functions as an insurance program, a welfare/employment program, and a method of “spreading the pork”.
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