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3. A question for my well informed friends here...why do we still spend billions

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Feb 3, 2018, 10:27 AM

Feb 2018

of our tax dollars on war ships? 1942 was the last time (as far as i can tell) that the U.S. was attacked by sea?
Aren't these things just boondoggles to spend our tax dollars on?

I know, I know....what is more important to the American people than spending money on war machines, right? We are the richest country in the world. It's not like we need new roads, bridges, homes for the homeless or healthcare for the sick.

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The idiots built the damned thing upside-down! longship Feb 2018 #1

Depends... TwistOneUp Feb 2018 #2

A question for my well informed friends here...why do we still spend billions Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #3

+1 2naSalit Feb 2018 #4