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I still can't find the video,

wendy davis — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:18:55 +0000

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I still can't find the video, but here is a description: (from marketwatch, i think it was)

DAVOS: Rep. Frank Urges Military Spending Cuts

By Neal Lipschutz, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

Davos, Switerland -(Dow Jones)- Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Wednesday said sustained and substantial reductions in U.S. military spending is a key way to reduce huge federal fiscal deficits.

Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum annual meeting here, Frank said the U.S. was engaged in two unnecessary wars while the previous administration, under Republican President George W Bush, instituted tax cuts.

He said the U.S. Pentagon shouldn't be the "fall back military of the world." The U.S. should scale back its global military aspirations.

Under questioning, Frank said cutting military spending wasn't enough to solve the deficit problem. He cited federal agricultural subsidies as another area that could be cut.

He said the inability to cut the federal deficit would result in a " devastation" of the government's ability to improve the quality of life of Americans.

Barney Frank was talking

wendy davis — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:09:38 +0000

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Barney Frank was talking about it in Davos; C-span had it up. I can't find the clip, but I'll check you-tube today. If anyone knows the best way to search C-span...
Nice, Oleeb; depressing, but nice.

You are right. It is, in

oleeb — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:18:53 +0000

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You are right. It is, in truth, a much greater sum. Far too much.

Right back atcha!

oleeb — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:17:51 +0000

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Right back atcha!

Even the $744 billion

johnpseudo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:54:41 +0000

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Even the $744 billion drastically understates the amount we spend on "defense"- it's more like $1 trillion, going up to $1.1 trillion in 2011.

I guess so DD. If we cut the

oleeb — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:46:55 +0000

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I guess so DD. If we cut the war spending appropriately, the boys at the Pentagon and Lockheed and Boeing, and Blackwater, et al are gonna have to be told the party's over and so they'll have to go out now and look for honest work that doesn't harm human beings.

Good pie. But if we cut

dickday — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:37:51 +0000

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Good pie.

But if we cut spending on the military, will we have to cease and desist FROM ENTERING WARS THAT GO ON FOREVER?

A picture is worth a thousand

wwstaebler — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:44:06 +0000

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A picture is worth a thousand words, Oleeb. Who can fail to get it after seeing your piece-of-the pie chart?

War. What is it good for?

letthesunshinein — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:01:33 +0000

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War. What is it good for? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Edwin Starr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8C4AIFgUg&feature=fvw

The only' War,' that we as citizens of this world that we share and call 'Earth,' that we should be willing to take up our plowshares for, is the 'War on Poverty.'

Thank you Oleeb.

That's certainly nice to

oleeb — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:08:06 +0000

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That's certainly nice to know. Thanks Watt!