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Gaevren  Title: Wat do?
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Didn't we have troops stationed in Germany and Japan because after WWII they agreed to not have standing militaries- so we agreed to station troops there so they wouldn't get smashed by other countries? I could be totally wrong but that's what I seem to remember. Of course by the time we were stationed there in 1999 they had at least some kind of military because I remember my husband going on exercises with German troops.
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The U.S. is broke because too many of us think it is okay to wantonly spend other peoples money. And it shows in our representation. If you want the spending to stop, you're going to have to vote for people who say what they mean and mean what they say when it comes to fiscal conservatism and economic liberty.
Club For Growth posted:
2012 Presidential White Paper #8
Congressman Ron Paul
The Club for Growth wrote a white paper on Rep. Ron Paul back in 2007. Most of the information below is from that report, but since Paul has been outspoken on several issues since then, we’ve updated his record to reflect those positions. Paul has a lifetime Club for Growth rating of 87%. The average House Republican score during that time period was 73%. Congressman Paul’s scores for the last six years (since the Club started issuing a scorecard) are:
2010: 90%
2009: 97%
2008: 88%
2007: 80%
2006: 83%
2005: 82%
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
Registered: 2002-12-21 13:40:03
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Gaevren posted:
Didn't we have troops stationed in Germany and Japan because after WWII they agreed to not have standing militaries- so we agreed to station troops there so they wouldn't get smashed by other countries? I could be totally wrong but that's what I seem to remember. Of course by the time we were stationed there in 1999 they had at least some kind of military because I remember my husband going on exercises with German troops.
Now you know how the German economy is able to bankroll the bailout of Europe so far.
They let the US provide the majority of their protection.
However dont knock the new German military machine,while small in numbers their equipment quality is on par and in some areas more advanced then US counterpart equipment.
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combat_mage_sc Title: Hi. My name is Combat and i'm an alcoholic.
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Registered: 2001-7-20 21:19:21
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Demokkkrats broke us with all their entitlement programs.
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Paul Krugman had a good recent take on that
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/opinion/krugman-moochers-against-welfare.html
partially based on this article
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/us/even-critics-of-safety-net-increasingly-depend-on-it.html?_r=1
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tillsb posted:
Stormyblade posted:
All I ever wonder about when I read these threads is why 99% of the posters just bitch about which "side" keeps screwing the U.S. more, and never offering up a true constructive suggestion. If you aren't part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.
(And, yes, obviously I'm one of those 99% people too, since I didn't offer up a solution.  )
Don't be dumb I offered a solution once. Make me your ruler and we would have a giant pizza and beer party for everyone.
See? You are one of the 1% that actually offered up something...ANYTHING...
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People wonder why the U.S. is broke
Wonder why no more.
http://youtu.be/hNacjBldkuA
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Ah-Schoo Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness
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Registered: 2000-8-11 09:05:29
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Aerlinthian posted:
People wonder why the U.S. is broke
Wonder why no more.
http://youtu.be/hNacjBldkuA
Nobody clicks your links, just tell us, aliens or HYPER ZIONISTS?
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Ptilk Title: Creepy old pirate
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Registered: 2002-2-13 14:52:58
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We aren't broke.
We aren't close to being broke.
There is more money in the US now than at any time in history. Our GDP is bigger, our GDP per capita is bigger.
We have a shortage of government funds at the moment due to a huge recession and huge tax breaks for the entities who hold most of that wealth.
Equating that to being broke as a nation is stupid. We aren't. SS isn't going broke anytime soon, medicare isn't going broke anytime soon, we aren't in danger of defaulting on any loans unless the idiotic ideologues in Congress choose to do so to make political points with the mouth breathing masses.
But yeah, we do spend a hell of a lot too much on our bloated, inefficient, and ridiculously huge military. That much is certainly accurate.
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combat_mage_sc Title: Hi. My name is Combat and i'm an alcoholic.
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Registered: 2001-7-20 21:19:21
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Ptilk posted:
We aren't broke.
We aren't close to being broke.
There is more money in the US now than at any time in history. Our GDP is bigger, our GDP per capita is bigger.
We have a shortage of government funds at the moment due to a huge recession and huge tax breaks for the entities who hold most of that wealth.
Equating that to being broke as a nation is stupid. We aren't. SS isn't going broke anytime soon, medicare isn't going broke anytime soon, we aren't in danger of defaulting on any loans unless the idiotic ideologues in Congress choose to do so to make political points with the mouth breathing masses.
But yeah, we do spend a hell of a lot too much on our bloated, inefficient, and ridiculously huge military. That much is certainly accurate.
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