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Re: Important US technology companies sold to foreigners

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From: jmfbahciv
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 14:33
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Scott Lurndal wrote:
> jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> writes:
>>Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> jmfbahciv <See....@aol.com> writes:
>>>>Dave Garland wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, but this Congress is already using it to lower personal income
>>>>> taxes for the rich. Unfortunately, it's a one-time gob of money, and
>>>>> the next years they'll either have to raise taxes, or cut stuff like
>>>>> the military and Social Security (and it's not likely to be the
military).
>>>>
>>>>Why do you think that?  Power will eventually shift to the Democrats and
>>>>they will continue gutting the military like they were during the
>>>>Obama admin.
>>>
>>> Military spending increased annually through the first half of the Obama
>>> administration, and declined _very slightly_ over the
>>> next four as the wars wound-down.   Hardly "gutting".  You really need
>>> to stop listening to Rush Limbaugh (or his local radio proxies).
>>>
>>> https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/defense_spending_analysis
>>>
>>Just because the spending increased, does not mean that the money
>>was being used to keep the military war-ready.  That's what I meant
>>by gutting.
>
> And again, you make that statement without any supporting evidence.
>
> They've been spending on war. lots and lots of wasted $$.


Exactly.  What's wasted doesn't pay for practical things required
for war-readyness.  This is simply common sense.

/BAH
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Subject: Re: Important US technology companies sold to foreigners
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