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2010-11-02 Economy

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Posted by tipper 2010-11-02 11:16|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Something about stats and lies.

Does it add up.

Select Table 4.2 Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Agency: 19622009 (29 KB) and watch defense spending drop from 46.9 percent of the budget in 1962 to around 16.9 percent these past couple years. That's not what's eating up the overall budget. Just look at the growth in other categories.

The world is not a gentle place. You can either choose to influence events or allow events to influence you.

I remember an over million man Army in the early 70s, watched it drop to 950,00, then to 750,000, then to 480,000. The most expensive thing in the defense budget is personnel, to include carrying all the cost of the retirees. None of which seems to concern the author. Move those retiree costs to another department and watch the significant drop in 'defense' outlays. Those are previously pledged obligations for services already rendered.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-11-02 12:16|| 2010-11-02 12:16|| Front Page Top

#2 "Suicide is painless"

Nonsense. The Democrat Party has been busy committing suicide, and they've been loudly whining about their pain for months.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-02 19:27|| 2010-11-02 19:27|| Front Page Top

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