The Department of Defense budget is nothing more than a corporate welfare program. A very, very, very expensive work program. Until the defense industries figure a way to make the same profits producing non-defense products, we are, unfortunately stuck with the system. Publically funded elections might help, but considering that defense jobs are spread around the country in almost every congressional district, gaining control of spending will not be easy. No elected official wants to be saddled with the fact that he or she didn't fight to the bitter end to protect jobs. Just look at the base closure process.
Answer: BIG OIL, BIG COAL, BIG GAS!
Thank you Koch Brothers. Of course they are only doing what they feel is best for their business. Thank you SCOTUS for 'Citizens United'.
It’s tragic that one Las Vegas casino mogul is driving Republican foreign policy in the Middle East. It wouldn’t surprise me if after they take his money many Republican pols say to themselves that they can’t stand the old SOB. Most likely Adelson is so thick skinned that he doesn’t care what people think of him as long as they follow his orders. I truly worry what kind of a country is going to be left to my grandchildren.
Christianity had a 600-year head start on Islam. Look what the Christian church was doing 600 years ago to those who were deemed as heretics. Fortunately there were no weapons of mass destruction then or most Europeans might have been wiped off the face of the earth.
Mankind survived the great plagues and wars throughout history, but religion and tribalism are the twin pestilences that make life today far worse that it should be for many on the planet.
The Department of Defense budget is nothing more than a corporate welfare program. A very, very, very expensive work program. Until the defense industries figure a way to make the same profits producing non-defense products, we are, unfortunately stuck with the system. Publically funded elections might help, but considering that defense jobs are spread around the country in almost every congressional district, gaining control of spending will not be easy. No elected official wants to be saddled with the fact that he or she didn't fight to the bitter end to protect jobs. Just look at the base closure process.
Answer: BIG OIL, BIG COAL, BIG GAS!
Thank you Koch Brothers. Of course they are only doing what they feel is best for their business. Thank you SCOTUS for 'Citizens United'.
It’s tragic that one Las Vegas casino mogul is driving Republican foreign policy in the Middle East. It wouldn’t surprise me if after they take his money many Republican pols say to themselves that they can’t stand the old SOB. Most likely Adelson is so thick skinned that he doesn’t care what people think of him as long as they follow his orders. I truly worry what kind of a country is going to be left to my grandchildren.
Christianity had a 600-year head start on Islam. Look what the Christian church was doing 600 years ago to those who were deemed as heretics. Fortunately there were no weapons of mass destruction then or most Europeans might have been wiped off the face of the earth.
Mankind survived the great plagues and wars throughout history, but religion and tribalism are the twin pestilences that make life today far worse that it should be for many on the planet.