“In the previous decade, opposing war led to accusations: ‘You don’t support the troops.’ But who really hates the troops? Might it be politicians who use them as props? Might it be that Congress hates the troops so much, that they’ll use them to create a slush fund? There will be a 39% cut in troops in Afghanistan, but the war budget will fall by only 2%! Troops died. Congress uses their memory to get pet pork programs. And this happens, while boasting that the Defense ‘base’ budget is down.”
https://secure.downsizedc.org/blog/congress-uses-the-troops-to-waste-your-money
Related posts:
86 Congressional signers demand an end to the FDA’s ban on gay blood donors
The Ex-Google Hacker Taking on the World’s Spy Agencies
White House chef says future food to be made from chemicals, not real food ingredients
Firefox plug-in warns users of NSA surveillance
Egyptian Revolution: What You're Not Being Told
Venture Capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya on Bitcoin
Naughty America Joins Porn.com in Bitcoin Acceptance
China's Property Bubble – Why Is '60 Minutes' Telling the Tale?
Crypto-currency for NSA leaker: Snowden fund accepts Bitcoin
How You Can Distinguish Fake News from Real News
Amazon Billionaire Jeff Bezos's Life Story
The Ascent of Whatever-It-Takes Banking Is a Good Thing?
Democrat seeks to defund Obama’s expansive war powers
$200 to set up a lemonade stand in Illinois is 'insane': senator
Security audit finds developer outsourced his 9-5 job to China to goof off at work
