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Guess what, if the armed forces are home, sitting on their hands, it will still cost 12B a month. Also did you not hear the statement that he was going to strengthen the Military, that is a code word for DRAFT. I am well over the draft age, but maybe you aren't. Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

If you were not around during the Vietnam war, you have no idea how bad it can get. It is one thing to volunteer to be a warrior, it is another to be forced.

Here is the DOD Budget under Clinton during peace time $246 Billion, if you adjust for inflation it should be twice that today:

http://www.dod.mil/execsec/adr95/budget_5.html

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2005/d20050207b...

Year 2006 419.3B If you notice the budget in 2006 is less than twice the 1996 budget.

Before you spend your money, try one more experiment: Divide 12 Billion by the population of 330 Million. How far do you think your $36.36 will go.

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  Charlson1 year, 3 months ago
  
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  "Also did you not hear the statement that he was going to strengthen the Military, that is a code word for DRAFT."
  
  Another example of putting YOUR TAKE on what he said. Code? And how would you know? And if he's going to withdrawal our troops responsibly, why would we need a draft.
  Hey, I was there during the Vietnam War. My draft number was 136 and I was drafted. So I know how bad it was. But why do you think Obama would implement a draft when he's said time, and time again, that he'd negotiate first and use the military option as a last resort? You continue to misinform and spread specious statement in hopes you sound intelligent and know what you're talking about. But you are clueless. And the $12 million a month is what we are spending in Iraq not the military as a whole. Borrow, borrow, borrow to pay for Bush's war...you just don't get it and probably never will.
  
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    protoham1 year, 3 months ago
    
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    One last thing before I get back to work.
    
    12,000,000,000 / 330,000,000 x 12 = 472.72 annually per person.
    
    You must have a BO calculator just like your BO tire gauge.
    
    I pay for the Health insurance for my employees and it cost about $850.00 per month for a family. Which is a very good plan, $250 annual deductible, $20 copay, 1Million Dollar coverage, PPO.
    
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        Lurch1 year, 3 months ago
        
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        Not to worry. Protoham thinks 1~2% inflation with cause the military budget to double in ten years.
        
        Simple and incorrect.
        
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        protoham1 year, 3 months ago
        
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        This is Group Health Insurance plan that I provide for my employees and myself. My company pays for this. The individual rate is around $330.00. My company pays 100%.
        
        What makes you think the Republicans control the Health Industry? I don't know who controls it, but I bet it is people from both parties.
        
        My biggest concern is I don't want the Government involved with my health. Next thing you know they will be making life and death decision about me or you and some people have a limited view about the sacredness of life.
        
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        Lurch1 year, 3 months ago
        
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        The govt will never be as involved in your health care as a for-profit health conglomerate, insurance company, or HMO such as Group Health. That is the fact.
        
        For-profit insurance: profit based on taking more of your money, giving you less healthcare, and reimbursing your health provider as much as possible.
        
        Medicare/medicaid: no profit motive or personal incentives for employees to deny you the medical care you paid for and deserve. In fact, monetary incentive for Uncle Sam to improve preventative care if anything.
        
        Medicare is also a several fold improvement over any insurance company in terms of efficiency. A fraction of the overhead means the more $ goes to your medical care. As a small business owner, it would be your right of course to add on other benefits, but lets face it, most small businesses have a very hard time competing with larger corporations for talent. Universal care would help level the playing field for small biz.
        
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      Lurch1 year, 3 months ago
      
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      > You must have a BO calculator just like your BO tire gauge.
      
      heh, heh. Jokes on you amigo. Proper inflation of tires will save you more money than any drilling on or off shore ever will. That`s the scientific fact. You`re not keen on facts and science I take it.
      
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  Lurch1 year, 3 months ago
  
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  > Year 2006 419.3B If you notice the budget in 2006 is less than twice the 1996 budget.
  
  Protoham, you are only barely scratching the surface of the cost of the military in 2006. The entitlements to Halliburton and massive corruption of the the so-called reconstruction, the x-fold increase in costs to care for physically and mentally injured, and the cost of the war itself. None of this is in your link.
  
  Total costs of Bush`s war expected to reach $3T if we quit now.
  
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