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sabrina 1

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10. The only reason that is the case is because of the right wing lies
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 02:08 PM
Dec 2014

that are told.

Maybe if people looked at the chart they would at least begin to wonder why all that money is going to private contractors, security corps who spend more of their time spying on Americans than on the 'enemy'.

And polls show that Americans do not approve of its government spying on them.

And the lack of money spent on the troops who are the reason for any support for military spending.

Maybe showing them the facts about the troops themselves, one third of all homeless people ARE veterans eg.

I believe those right wing think tanks have concluded that they have far more success when they reach people on an 'emotional' level.

If it isn't already an emotional issue for these people who wave the flag and yell about 'supporting the troops', it should be.

So 'Why does the US Military Complex NOT support its own veterans'?

To be honest I've had right wingers stop to actually think about that and some even agree. Not the most rabid, who we don't need anyhow, but the more rational of them.

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