Less government?

[Earth_First]

Perhaps we look at less defense spending...

Last year we spent as a whole $738 billion dollars on the department of defense.

$134 billion of that budget was in procurement alone! BIG contracts to BIG donors of BIG politicians...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html

Lockheed, Boeing, General Electric, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, et. al gave a total of $64,315,390 to influence campaigns in return for hundreds of millions of dollars more in 'procurement' contracts...

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?type=L

The GOP wants less government...

Here is where you START!

[Warren DeMontague]

1. They also want smaller government- so they can fit it in your pants or your uterus.

:eyes:

[pacalo]

4. Small government = more to spend on corporate/military complex.

It's time to refresh memories of Halliburton's wasteful spending, perhaps?

[Warren DeMontague]

6. Maybe you didn't get my joke.

:shrug:

[pacalo]

7. It was brilliant

but it led me to another thought in a different direction.

Sorry if I spoiled your joke; it was clever.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Wasn't trying to sound touchy- I was more wondering if I phrased it badly.

I'm probably a little edgy, as are we all.

[pacalo]

2. Exactly.

Add another significant cut: the tax freebies for the top 2%.

[lob1]

3. The US spends more money on defense than all the

rest of the countries in the world combined. But it's Social Security that's ruining the budget. Damn that s.s.

[doc03]

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