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earthside

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1. Corporate Military Welfare

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 10:34 AM

Apr 2013

The biggest jobs and corporate bailout programs in human history ... this is the Washington state grant.

What we need to do is put Social Security, unemployment insurance, health care, etc. under the Pentagon -- call them 'National Security Personnel Maintenance' programs and then no politicians will want to tough them.

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Pentagon budget steers $5.5 billion to Evergreen State for military construction, new jets [View all] unhappycamper Apr 2013 OP

Corporate Military Welfare earthside Apr 2013 #1

There goes what little peace and quiet was to be had on Whidbey. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #2