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LamarkNewAge
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Message 1 of 70 (799237)
02-08-2017 11:01 AM


I was just reading a 2017 The Nation magazine I grabbed and Jeffrey Sachs said something that shocked even me. We spend $900 billion year! I just found that he has shared this shocking fact with numerous publications.
Google
quote:
Jeffrey D. Sachs: The fatal expense of American ... - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
By Jeffrey D. Sachs October 30, 2016. Part of a weekly series on ... The $900 billion in annual spending is roughly one-quarter of all federal government outlays.
From the CIA to the GFE by Jeffrey D. Sachs - Project Syndicate
404. Page not found. - Project Syndicate...
Sep 29, 2016 - The US spends $1 billion per year on global education, and $900 billion on ... Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development and ...
Trump says he wants to spend even more per year (of course he doesn't attribute it to and negative fiscal situations we are presently facing) and I never hear any alarm sounding on this one.
The "sequestration", that cut a little from the military's massive growth of the past decade to decade and a half, has only inspired a discussion in the media of "how much we should restore" to those "big [bad] cuts" to the poor little military and security budget.
Trump wants quite a lot in tax cuts too a well as infrastructure spending.
I wonder if this is a strategic bankruptcy we have coming to our nation.
Perhaps we need to start speaking more about this issue?
Edited by Admin, : Fix Title.

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LamarkNewAge
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Message 51 of 70 (808455)
05-10-2017 10:26 PM


Mike Bloomberg ( of all people ) just admitted that we spend $1 trillion on defense.
On May 6, he had an article titled The Military Debate the U. S. Really Needs.
It was in the May 7 New York Post and he was generally supportive of the "about $1 trillion that funds the Pentagon and the rest of the national defense ", as one would expect.
But he seems to be annoyed at the endless b.s. about a 'readiness crisis' and the fact that the lies enabled the military budget to emerge not only "unsurprisingly" "unscathed" on the budget chopping block, but actually goaaye got yet another multi billion dollars funding pork up.
The latest military fattening was a $15 billion dollars beef-up.
Even Mike Bloomberg is getting concerned about this never ending trend.
He must be concerned about another big tax cutting scheme since we still have a $500 billion dollars a year budget deficit due to the 2001 scheme. (a scheme that politicians lack the courage to terminate )
Every 20 years, there is a new GOP administration that comes in and offers the twin towers idea of huge tax cuts and massive military spending increases.
And the twin pillars policy changes never get more than a slight roll back when the Democratic administration buffers the GOP administrations that keep coming in general succession.
The rollback stage is eye-wash really.
The general trend is ever lower taxes, higher military & security spending, with the predictable multi-hundred billion dollars in higher per year debt increases.
Republican excuses for the first $5 trillion in higher debt increases are about the same ones we heard after we got the $10-12 trillion debt that Bush left, and the excuses for the $20 trillion debt their policies have brought us are about the same.
There is no measure that any Democratic administration has brought the nation which is responsible for what we see in the (red ink stained ) fiscal situation for this year or any other year.
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Message 69 of 70 (814254)
07-05-2017 12:33 PM


USA TODAY: Coalition airstrikes killed 500 civilians in Syria in June!
See USA Today member of Board of Contributors JAMES BOVARD article in June 27, 2017 titled TRUMP's RECKLESS SYRIA FOLLY
quote:
The carnage is sufficiently embarrassing that "the Pentagon will no longer acknowledge when its own aircraft are responsible for civilian casualty incidents," Micah Zenko of the Council of Foreign Relations recently noted.
WHITE PHOSPORUS
U. S.-led forces are reportedly bombarding the besieged city of Raqqa with white phosphorus...
.. ..
The biggest policy delusion driving U. S. policy is the quest for "moderate rebels" ... America has spent billions aiding and training Syrian forces who either quickly collapsed on the battlefield or teamed up with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or al-Qaeda-linked forces.
Policy is so muddled that Pentagon-backed Syrian rebels have openly battled CIA-backed rebels.
....
Former CIA officer Phil Giraldi observed, "The Saudis, Quataris, Turks and Israelis are all currently (or recently) in bed with terrorist groups ( in Syria ) that the United States is pledged to destroy "
The Syrian government has never threatened the United States...
....
Killing vast numbers of civilians sows the seeds of future terrorist attacks on America.
There is a group Air Wars that tracks civilian casualty incidents and it is an honest group.

  
LamarkNewAge
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Message 70 of 70 (838168)
08-15-2018 12:51 AM


In immigration thread, I mentioned a $72 billion defense spending increase.
It appears that we are looking at an actual increase of $167 billion per year.
The $716 budget was just signed. I just read it in the paper today. The article made an issue of Trump and McCain having a feud, but made no issue of the fiscal problems.
This has been a developing situation and a lot of internal wrangling over how much the increase would be. The military industry is fat and fat begets fat. They have quite a lot of profits which gives the industry a massive amount of $ to spend to influence the media, congress, public,etc. on SPENDING EVEN MORE.
The message is always: Spend more, ever more. More, More, More.
We need to make sure the military spending gets the blame for the future fiscal woes. The industry pays for a lot of the media noise that will always points the finger of culpability elsewhere.
Let us document this massive financial fraud committed against the nation and the people.
Back a year ago, the Trump proposal was to increase the budget alot, but the proposed $603 billion a year was seen as too small for the GOP congress. They wanted it to be $621 billion a year.
quote:
Trump signs $700 billion military budget into law | Fox News
WHITE HOUSE December 12th, 2017
Trump signs $700 billion military budget into law
WASHINGTON-- President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a sweeping defense policy bill that authorizes a $700 billion budget for the military, including additional spending on missile defense programs to counter North Korea's growing nuclear weapons threat.
But there's a catch. The $700 billion budget won't become reality until lawmakers agree to roll back a 2011 law that set strict limits on federal spending, including by the Defense Department -- and they haven't yet.
The law caps 2018 defense spending at $549 billion.
Here was what I said in the immigration thread.
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Message 6 of 151 (814079)
07-04-2017 8:38 AM
Understand that the $71.5 billion defense budget increase ( will be a cost that must be paid for each and every year - NEXT year and for every year we must pay for ) that the Congress just proposed is only possible to pay for due to our small upfront investment in immigrants from the past few generations ( and longer back ).
EvC Forum: Immigrants good for me and you? Bad? How to make a good answer that is accurate?
Here are some blasts from the past.
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A Pentagon Budget Like None Before: $700 Billion | Military.com
https://www.military.com/...gon-budget-none-700-billion.html
Feb 11, 2018 - Next year the budget would rise to $716 billion. Together, the two-year deal provides what Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says is needed to pull ...
How The Pentagon Plans To Spend That Extra $61 Billion : Parallels ...
https://www.npr.org/...-plans-to-spend-that-extra-61-billion
Mar 26, 2018 - With the increase, Congress boosted the overall military budget to $700 billion this year. The challenge: How to spend all that extra money ...
Missing: 71.5 ‎| ‎Must include: ‎71.5
House committee eyes $18.5 billion increase to Trump defense budget
House committee eyes $18.5 billion increase to Trump defense budget | Reuters
Jun 26, 2017 - U.S. lawmakers said on Monday they wanted another $18.5 billion added to President Donald Trump's proposed defense budget of $603 ...
Missing: 71.5 ‎| ‎Must include: ‎71.5
Senate backs massive increase in military spending | Reuters
Page Not Found | Reuters.com...
Sep 18, 2017 - The U.S. Senate passed its version of a $700 billion defense policy bill on Monday, backing President Donald Trump's call for a bigger, ...
Missing: 71.5 ‎| ‎Must include: ‎71.5
Robert Reich: Trump Increased Military Spending By Over $200 Billion ...
https://www.newsweek.com/...eased-military-spending-over-200...
Jun 19, 2018 - As Trump stokes tensions around the world, he's adding fuel to the fire by demanding even more Pentagon spending. It's a dangerous military ...
Missing: 71.5 ‎| ‎Must include: ‎71.5
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quote:
Congress proposes defense budget $37 billion higher than Trump's ...
Congress proposes defense budget $37 billion higher than Trump's | CNN Politics
Updated 7:06 PM ET, Thu June 22, 2017 .... The House Budget Committee is currently considering proposing a $621 billion defense budget as a compromise, ...
First on CNN: House defense bill boosts spending on fighter jets, ships ...
https://www.cnn.com/...ouse-defense-bill-major.../index.html
The House's defense authorization bill includes a major $21 billion boost to ... Updated 5:55 PM ET, Fri June 23, 2017 ...
The bill would provide $27 billion more than the Trump budget proposes ... The House Budget Committee is currently considering proposing a budget with a $621 billion topline for defense, which is more ...
Congress sends Trump $700 billion military spending bill - AP News
Congress sends Trump $700 billion military spending bill | AP News
Nov 16, 2017 - While the $700 billion military budget is a powerful political statement, the $700 billion plan remains notional until Congress can agree to ... The cap mandated by the law on national defense spending for the 2018 budget year is $549 billion. Republicans and Democrats haven't been able to strike a deal so ...
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Congress Sends Trump $700 Billion Military Spending Bill | Political ...
https://www.usnews.com/...uthorizes-billions-more-than-trump-...
Nov 16, 2017 - That's far more than President Donald Trump requested and greatly ... 16, 2017, at 3:56 p.m. ... While the $700 billion military budget is a powerful political statement, the $700 billion plan remains notional until Congress can agree to roll ... national defense spending for the 2018 budget year is $549 billion.
Missing: million ‎$621
House Budget Committee reaches tentative $621 billion defense deal ...
We're sorry, but that page cannot be found- POLITICO...
Jun 22, 2017 - 06/22/2017 10:00 AM EDT ... BUT HOUSE REPUBLICANS STILL STRUGGLE FOR BUDGET ... budget, well above President Donald Trump's $603 billion budget proposal and substantially higher than the current $549 billion defense spending cap...Budget writers have called for $621 billion for defense, ...
Congress Bucks White House Budget Proposal, Shows Commitment ...
Page Not Found - The Daily Signal...
Jul 5, 2017 - President Trump's defense budget request was unnecessarily low. ... I., before testifying to the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 13. ... The Senate decided on $640 billion, and the House agreed on $621 billion. ... the statutorily allowed defense discretionary budget to $549 billion for 2018.
[PDF]House Appropriators Turn Away from Trump Budget Request
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June 27, 2017 — 5:00 p.m. ... determine spending levels and policy, not a GOP White House. ... The Energy-Water bill is $3.7 billion more than the Trump proposal. The Legislative Branch spending bill is currently $228 million below the request, but ... $621 billion for defense discretionary — the numbers that have tentatively ...
Senate unveils $700B defense authorization plan - Defense News
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By: Leo Shane III June 28, 2017 ... The cap is set at $549 billion for defense base funding next year. The Senate plan calls for $640 billion in base defense spending, well above the $621 billion in the House plan and $603 billion outlined ... The difference saves about $200 million that Pentagon planners hope to redirect to ...
Congress' defense budget plans point to an uncertain military buildup
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Both the House and Senate support Trump's plans to boost military spending, but the ... a nearly $697 billion military spending plan with a $621 billion base budget. ... close to the $549-billion spending cap mandated by Congress for fiscal 2018. ... save Pentagon planners $200 million next year and $1.4 billion over the next ...

  
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