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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:33 AM
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If government spending doesn't create wealth, as republicans say, then how do they explain
KBR, Halliburton and all those offices on K Street?
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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:40 AM
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1. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
We have a winner ladies and gentlemen!

That is what you call sound logic.
Short and sweet too.
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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:44 AM
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4. No need for lobbyists if gov't spending doesn't create jobs and wealth, eh?
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:42 AM
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2. I remember Dick Cheney saying "government had nothing to do with" his enormous wealth.
My jaw dropped at that one! The guy just told the biggest LIE and I guess got away with it. I couldn't believe my ears...
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:43 AM
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3. Don't forget Blackwater.
It went from next to nothing to having its own army in just one war's time.
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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 07:55 AM
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5. True. I wonder what happens to them when the war ends....do they invade the US?
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