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marcus
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2014 Aug 3, 6:14am
What do social welfare programs have to do with the military industrial complex, other than the fact that what we spend on military prevents us from being able to afford the high quality social programs that some first world countries have ?
phaster
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2014 Aug 3, 9:35am
What do social welfare programs have to do with the military industrial complex, other than the fact that what we spend on military prevents us from being able to afford the high quality social programs that some first world countries have ?
The point Ike was trying to make 50+ years ago about the military industrial complex, is players in that arena (defense contractors and tech loving military leaders), want the newest most weapons systems. Basically to produce those "expensive toys" things take a life of their own, and defense companies and military leaders game the system to just enrich themselves at the expense of society as a whole.
I suggest w/in the political/social welfare realm things are not all that different.
Ever notice all too often (lawyers and politicians) game the system to just enrich themselves at the expense of society as a whole. Seems to me like what is left to those at the bottom of the economic food chain is crumbs, because charity "overhead" is subtracted out to insure "work welfare" for lawyers and politicians.
just saying
Bellingham Bill
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2014 Aug 3, 3:35pm
because charity "overhead" is subtracted out to insure "work welfare" for lawyers and politicians
skim's a lot lower for social programs.
What money do lawyers and politicians rake from the $80B/yr SNAP expense?
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SNAP's the bread, DOD's the circus I guess.
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Ever hear the expression "military-industrial complex?" It was a warning that president eisenhower gave the nation about what he described as a threat to democratic government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY
Sadly I am convinced a bigger problem than "peak oil"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHKp5vF_VoE
(if nothing is done) is that the US "democratic" government will cease to exist because the "political-legal welfare system" will economically implode.
Or said another way, the US economic/political system will fail because social welfare programs like social security, medicare, public employ pensions and healthcare are unsustainable!
thoughts???
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