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Originally Posted by roachboy
can you say national security state?
seriously, all this talk about austerity is meaningless unless/until something is done to begin dismantling the national-security state and reduce the obscene levels of spending the united states wastes on the military.
but i agree basically with dc's post no. 4
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Well, IIRC, ~20% of the national budget is on the military, ~20%is on medicaid/medicare type benefits, and another ~20% on social security. So all three should face cuts to produce a meaningful reduction in spending.