Debt Approaches 17 Trillion
07-25-2013, 07:37 AM
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Re: Debt Approaches 17 Trillion
That was a quote he made in the Socialist newspaper Common Sense in 1935, three years after he lost the Republican primary in Pennsylvania.
It was approximately the same time-frame that he wrote his book War is a Racket
and told the VFW in Denver: "Soldiers never leave the country except to protect the moneyed interests."
He wasn't talking about the tax payers.
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He lost.It was approximately the same time-frame that he wrote his book War is a Racket
and told the VFW in Denver: "Soldiers never leave the country except to protect the moneyed interests."
He wasn't talking about the tax payers.
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07-25-2013, 07:59 AM
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That was a quote he made in the Socialist newspaper Common Sense in 1935, three years after he lost the Republican primary in Pennsylvania.
It was approximately the same time-frame that he wrote his book War is a Racket
and told the VFW in Denver: "Soldiers never leave the country except to protect the moneyed interests."
He wasn't talking about the tax payers.
.
It was approximately the same time-frame that he wrote his book War is a Racket
and told the VFW in Denver: "Soldiers never leave the country except to protect the moneyed interests."
He wasn't talking about the tax payers.
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Wars are real economic killers and in balance no country in the last century has made any profit by going to war, the cost has been staggering in blood and treasure. Wars have in fact ruined far more countries than they have saved.
We are no exception to this outcome.
07-26-2013, 06:05 PM
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That 17 Trillion dollar debt will most likely get cut in half once the economy starts from the middle outwards.
07-26-2013, 06:21 PM
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Funny.
Oh how I wish the debt was just 17 trillion.
Add 125 trillion to the 17 trillion for the real number and then understand the 125 trillion is just the present value stated-the number in reality is much larger. Accounting rules and methods are important.
U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time
Oh how I wish the debt was just 17 trillion.
Add 125 trillion to the 17 trillion for the real number and then understand the 125 trillion is just the present value stated-the number in reality is much larger. Accounting rules and methods are important.
U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time
07-27-2013, 03:55 AM
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Re: Debt Approaches 17 Trillion
was or what he did.
I would guess that many of you don't know who Smedley Butler was or what he said in a time when a real general spoke his mind: War Is A Racket, by Major General Smedley Butler, 1935
07-27-2013, 05:22 AM
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He was a great officer, but not the first or last to be turned sour by the game he played afterwards.
Admit it, you really don't know anything about war or the military.
07-27-2013, 10:28 AM
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Actually son, I was a Marine Corps officer and began learning about Smedley when your mother was still changing your diapers.
He was a great officer, but not the first or last to be turned sour by the game he played afterwards.
Admit it, you really don't know anything about war or the military.
He was a great officer, but not the first or last to be turned sour by the game he played afterwards.
Admit it, you really don't know anything about war or the military.
(I'm enjoying this dialogue fellows)
07-27-2013, 01:41 PM
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07-28-2013, 06:27 AM
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Re: Debt Approaches 17 Trillion
In post #72, you pivot to wars are "economic killers" for countries* and no country
has made a profit by going to war but you would know that wasn't the point Butler
was making if you had read his book.
You seem to hold General Butler in high esteem until you throw him under the bus
when it suits you political derangement.
*In fact, your side keeps telling us that World War II alone brought us out of the
great depression so as not to give the New Deal any credit at all for the recovery.
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