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Old 01-08-2017, 03:26 PM   #1
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Old 01-08-2017, 10:57 PM   #2
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Old 01-09-2017, 08:10 AM   #3
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I didn't expect to see Auckland in there
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Old 01-09-2017, 06:59 PM   #4
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Want to bet the red is much smaller in four years?
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Old 01-09-2017, 07:21 PM   #5
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Selling it is a Congressional matter. That's why they lease it out instead.
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Old 01-09-2017, 07:32 PM   #6
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Yes, Congressional matter, but I'll bet a lot of it, along with airports and toll roads, become privatized during the next four years.
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Old 02-14-2017, 08:26 PM   #7
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Old 02-18-2017, 04:50 PM   #8
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Old 02-19-2017, 12:40 AM   #9
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Where is a $3trillion spent (borrowed to pay for) the Mission Accomplished war? (That does not include other wars such as Afghanistan.)
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Old 02-19-2017, 01:33 PM   #10
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Odd that social security is considered spending when it should really be considered repayment.

If we were to subtract social security from the government's accounting (on the assumption that what goes in goes back out and is not a fee for service nor a grant and is not income for the government) how would that affect the pie?
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Old 02-19-2017, 01:45 PM   #11
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Odd that social security is considered spending when it should really be considered repayment.

If we were to subtract social security from the government's accounting (on the assumption that what goes in goes back out and is not a fee for service nor a grant and is not income for the government) how would that affect the pie?
I like how you said aaaalll that a never used the word entitlement.
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Old 02-19-2017, 02:39 PM   #12
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They stripped the Social Security fund to support the Vietnam war, so now they(we) have to pay for Social Security.
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Old 02-20-2017, 12:51 AM   #13
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They stripped the Social Security fund to support the Vietnam war, so now they(we) have to pay for Social Security.
Yeah. What should really be happening is that money from the military budget should be repaying the pilfered social security funds. With interest.

Wars do not actually help the economy.
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Old 02-20-2017, 09:42 PM   #14
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Bud light = $2,022 x 1million = $2,022,000,000. That's over $2Billion just for Bud Light.
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