US Military budget to increase.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:15 am

Scrat;849042 wrote: Just think of what we could do with this here in America, rebuild/replace old bridges. Get Louisiana out of the 3rd world, great strides in science and medicine, alternative energy [...]
... reduce our income tax load, pay our bills, allow a few people to get off welfare, set ourselves up for retirement, actually afford all those extras the gov't wants us to spend that $600 on, .....

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:16 am

Wow, it looks like we might spend about the same as the rest of the world combined.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:00 pm

Jester;849868 wrote: Yeah who says we're not the worlds police!

Everyone outside the US :wah:

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:07 pm

Jester;849910 wrote: Apparently!

You did ask :p

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:03 pm

The EU has a military?? :-2

How much would South Korea, Japan and Germany be spending if we didn't have such a presence there?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:05 am

Scrat;850091 wrote: AC, do you really think they would ever give us that much freedom? To actually take control over our own future? I think not.
They who? The gov't? Our only bonds are psychological. We're just too (collectively) spoiled to give a damn.