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True.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: muzzleflash
You are racist to bring this up that this happened under Obama.
You are correct to point out that this happened under Bush.
That's socialism to many right wingers..
originally posted by: muzzleflash
a reply to: smurfy
Can you imagine how high our living standards would be as a civilization if we invested our money into positive human development, public works and infrastructure?
Can you imagine the world where people were focused on advancement and the betterment of our species? Where intellectual success was esteemed on par with our current famed entertainers?
Isn't that what we should want if we plan to survive the millennia and progress forward into a better future for everyone?
We've got a lot of changes to make on the most fundamental levels as individuals and as a society.
originally posted by: Quetzalcoatl14
I virtually guarantee 95% of people don't know about this.
originally posted by: Quetzalcoatl14
That's socialism to many right wingers..
originally posted by: muzzleflash
a reply to: smurfy
Can you imagine how high our living standards would be as a civilization if we invested our money into positive human development, public works and infrastructure?
Can you imagine the world where people were focused on advancement and the betterment of our species? Where intellectual success was esteemed on par with our current famed entertainers?
Isn't that what we should want if we plan to survive the millennia and progress forward into a better future for everyone?
We've got a lot of changes to make on the most fundamental levels as individuals and as a society.
originally posted by: muzzleflash
originally posted by: LostGods
When is this giant black hole going to close up???
Hi Lost, thanks for posting.
I am betting the black hole will close around the same time the American people stand up and intelligently demand accountability from their government.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: muzzleflash
The more of government that is exposed, benefits us all.
originally posted by: stormcell
originally posted by: purplemer
a reply to: muzzleflash
It really is some amount of money. It makes the moeny put into space exploration pale into insignificance. The only thing they need that kind of money for is a real space tech or underground cities (antractica) This is robbery by the richest and most powerful in the world. it is done for a vested interest not for the likes of you and me.
Annual NASA budget for 2017 = 18 billion
Annual DOD budget for 2017 = 598 billion
Annual Medicare budget = 670 billion
Social Security budget = 650 billion
Total federal budget = 4147 billion
Deficit = 503 billlion
originally posted by: muzzleflash
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: muzzleflash
The more of government that is exposed, benefits us all.
Well it's our government, we created it and allow it to operate by consent.
Either we have a standing valid Constitution or we don't. It's that simple.
originally posted by: Ophiuchus 13
a reply to: muzzleflash
It is just that some humans are not able to consider the cost of such defense.
And how it has to be hidden for security purposes of those protected by it not prepared to hear the truth of what they are being defended/protected from.
Paradox-
Skidmore got involved last spring when he heard Catherine Austin Fitts, former assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development, refer to a report which indicated the Army had $6.5 trillion in unsupported adjustments, or spending, in fiscal 2015. Given the Army’s $122 billion budget, that meant unsupported adjustments were 54 times spending authorized by Congress. Typically, such adjustments in public budgets are only a small fraction of authorized spending.
originally posted by: Quetzalcoatl14
Totally, I actually think that media complicity and or control by the military industrial complex is one of the most important conspiracies to wake people up to. People need to understand this to not only realize how their "consent is manufactured" and the fact that they need to find alternative sources of info. Most people I try to describe this too fight the concept tooth and nail. Until media control is recognized and changed, information control prevents a majority of the population from waking up.