Defense Contractors Are Making a Killing http://t.co/VW4BHxW7Rf by @froomkin
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Monday, September 29, 2014
Saudi Prince: War Against ISIS Really About Removing Assad #28pages #Uncover911
Friday, May 6, 2011
Federal Taxes Lowest Since 1950 #2012
Does this explain why cities and states and the federal government are suffering so much in terms of their budget? Or is it overspending? Or both.
Taxes as a percentage are lower. The number of taxpayers are fewer (with greater unemployment) but expenditures are greater with significant defense and military spending (WAR), poor performance of state pension funds (invested in AAA rated mortgage backed securities), union contracts (which support seniority rather than performanced based pay), the financial bailout (TARP - which has been paid back to a great degree), and skyrocketing healthcare costs affecting Medicare and Medicaid. Social Security is in good shape.
So why the all out class warfare by the right on planned parenthood, and public pension plans?
Why the ignorant defense of unions by the left?
We need to come together and solve the country's problems. Not distract from the real issues with partisan politics.
#Peakoil is real and we will need to DRAMATICALLY change the way we live. SOON.
Our pursuit for any oil and gas and minerals (WAR in Iraq and Afghanistan) to fund our continuous plan for growth is NOT SUSTAINABLE with depleting natural resources. Our current economic model cannot run without energy.
By one measure, federal taxes lowest since 1950
WASHINGTON — Think your taxes are too high? As a share of the nation's economy, Uncle Sam's tax take this year will be the lowest since 1950.
Read more at www.usatoday.comAnd for the third straight year, American families and businesses will pay less in federal taxes than they did under President George W. Bush, thanks to a weak economy and a growing number of tax breaks for the wealthy and the poor.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
US Defense Spending 01-09 DOUBLED!
Wow. Crash a few airplanes into the Pentagon, important skyscrapers, and in a field in PA and you can give CARTE BLANCHE to the Pentagon to spend as much as possible.
Cut Military Spending & Tax the Wealthy
Meanwhile, a majority of Americans prefer cutting defense spending to reduce the deficit rather than stealing retirees’ funds or axing health programs. Another poll conducted by 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair shows that 61 percent of Americans want taxes for the wealthy increased as a first step to addressing the deficit. The next most popular strategy is cutting defense spending.
US Defense: $765B Budget, Employs 600000
A view is often expressed that the military budget is a cornerstone of the U.S. economy. The Pentagon is often said to be a major underwriter of, and stimulus to, important technical innovations.
It is also often cited as a major employer, providing good jobs—jobs that are stable and at least decently paid—to millions of Americans.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
GOP Cut Defense Budget to $400b by 2014
Ha! Made you look! You really thought somebody finally cut military spending amd the defense budget instead of education and social programs.
Retweet if I made you look!
GOP budget would actually INCREASE defense spending
When is enough enough? If the GOP was serious - and we know that they're not - they would cut into the DoD budget which is already the most bloated of them all. Let's not squeeze the poor with stripping heating subsidies or cutting school lunch programs and then let the fattest of the fat cat get even larger. CNNMoney:
By that measure, defense would not be hit by the $60 billion in spending cuts passed by the House before dawn on Saturday.
Read more at pwtenny.newsvine.comIn fact, the defense budget would increase to $533 billion, up from $526 billion currently.