War Money Going To Taxpayers

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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,863
    onelongsong wrote:
    but isn't that the normal cycle of things? you collect your check and distribute it to the stores; auto workers; etc. then some goes to the farmers and steel companies. the farmers distribute it to the tractor and seed companies and also buy the products you're making. when money follows the cycle; the economy thrives.

    yes, but there is a much narrower array of companies receiving money during wartime.
  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    yes, but there is a much narrower array of companies receiving money during wartime.

    i don't know joe. it used to be that way but with everything being computerized and weapons being so specialized; i think that's changed. just about everything is used in wartime. from the farmers that supply the food to microsoft software. i could be wrong. i base my opinion on kentucky windage and not any known stats.
    my kid left for iraq last week so don't think i'm in favour of war. i'm just trying to be realistic compared to those who believe that money isn't being used here.
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    Okay... I have a question here...
    ...
    How does the money that is getting shipped off to Iraq... like into the Iraqi Government's coffers... get spent here by our workers? Are the Iraqis placing orders for F-22 Raptors? Or are we lending them the money to buy the weapons they will need to stand themselves up?
    And IF... the Iraqis are using money they are getting from oil revenues to purchase weapons to defend themselves... why are American tax dollars going to them?
    How is money spent in and on Iraq... helping average Joe Workingstiff here in the U.S.A?
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  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    know1 wrote:
    Who "lets" people die?

    Doesn't everybody die?
    yea, but it seems like the US gov't has this habit of speeding that process up.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    know1 wrote:
    Who "lets" people die?

    Doesn't everybody die?

    Everybody dies eventually. That doesn't mean that we should regard it as par for the course that men, women, and children are being blown to bits, shot, maimed and tortured.

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