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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #30 on: August 10, 2008, 11:09:35 AM »
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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #31 on: August 10, 2008, 11:19:05 AM »
Cut all foreign funding of governments that hate us or sponsor any type of terrorism against us.

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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #32 on: August 10, 2008, 03:49:01 PM »
Cut all foreign funding of governments that hate us or sponsor any type of terrorism against us.


Ok...so that leaves Israel....

(And more than a few Americans hate THEM :lol)
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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #33 on: August 10, 2008, 05:30:11 PM »
Ok...so that leaves Israel....

(And more than a few Americans hate THEM :lol)

3 billion a year we give them...

..and we think of them as 'allies'. Israel has never and will never do a damn thing for anybody but Israel.

For proof: USS Liberty.

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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #34 on: August 11, 2008, 08:46:31 AM »
dred and holden..  I believe that NASA could be looked at as a military, and necessary, program.

schools of any kind?   nope.   If there is a need then the private sector will fill it.  It is not an investment to send kids to 4 years of college so that they can learn the liberal arts and become a bartender.   Or "journalism" so that they can "change the world".   

Nope..  raise an army to kill people and break things and run a court system to make sure that everyone gets a fair shake.

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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #35 on: August 11, 2008, 08:52:42 AM »
3 billion a year we give them...

..and we think of them as 'allies'. Israel has never and will never do a damn thing for anybody but Israel.

For proof: USS Liberty.

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3 Billion, thats it? We spend more than a TRILLION dollars on Welfare and dead-beats alone. Compared to that, 3 Billion a YEAR isn't that much.

Israel is a small country, and Iran probably wouldn't hesitate to pounce on them and kill every single Jew there.

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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #36 on: August 11, 2008, 09:22:15 AM »
Bush's throat. :aok
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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #37 on: August 11, 2008, 11:55:34 AM »
1)foreign aid. we give constantly. we need to fix problems at home first, then possibly go back to helping those that actually need it.

2)welfare. it's intentions were originally good, but the welfare system has been destroyed and abused.

3)any dept. not critical to the government functioning properly, and protecting the people.


 probably more, but that's all i can think of at the moment.......
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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #38 on: August 11, 2008, 12:21:19 PM »
dred and holden..  I believe that NASA could be looked at as a military, and necessary, program.

Some of NASA does good scientific work. A lot of NASA is wasteful spending, like the shuttle.

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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #39 on: August 11, 2008, 01:27:45 PM »
3 Billion, thats it? We spend more than a TRILLION dollars on Welfare and dead-beats alone. Compared to that, 3 Billion a YEAR isn't that much.

Israel is a small country, and Iran probably wouldn't hesitate to pounce on them and kill every single Jew there.

The Israeli economy is in far better shape than ours. Their military has no equal in the region. They have tactical and strategic nukes.

They should be sending US 3 billion a year. We need it more than they do.
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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #40 on: August 11, 2008, 11:00:43 PM »
Ok, now how many of you will actually vote Libertarian? Vote for change?

Probably 5% tops; the rest of yas will be like the rest of the sheeple and flock things up by voting either Rep or Dem.

Sad truth.

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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #41 on: August 11, 2008, 11:20:54 PM »
I'm not American but same same snap snap......start with their salaries.

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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #42 on: August 12, 2008, 06:44:36 AM »
dred and holden..  I believe that NASA could be looked at as a military, and necessary, program.

schools of any kind?   nope.   If there is a need then the private sector will fill it.  It is not an investment to send kids to 4 years of college so that they can learn the liberal arts and become a bartender.   Or "journalism" so that they can "change the world".   

Nope..  raise an army to kill people and break things and run a court system to make sure that everyone gets a fair shake.

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I dont have time to cheack right now but,
I dont remember saying anything about cuts to NASA.
NASA is one of those things I would give more funding to.
Its my ticket off this planet someday.
to escape the insanity LOL
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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #43 on: August 12, 2008, 07:52:34 AM »
I dont have time to cheack right now but,
I dont remember saying anything about cuts to NASA.
NASA is one of those things I would give more funding to.
Its my ticket off this planet someday.
to escape the insanity LOL


agreed. nasa does good stuff. someday(hopefully very soon) sll their work wil pay off.

 what they DO need to do though, is to go out to the mojave spaceport, and take a few lessons from thje guys at scaled composites, and possibly vulcan engineering.
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Re: What should the government cut?
« Reply #44 on: August 12, 2008, 10:12:02 AM »
Whatever gives people welfare. Cut it 80%, make them damn dead-beats find a job.  :rock
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