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Offline thundley4

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You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« on: October 05, 2010, 08:19:30 PM »
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You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!   
   
Federal Budget Trade-Offs



Could your tax dollars be better spent? Select your state, town, county or congressional district and a program, and find out what else your tax dollars could provide.

So I selected:
Firefighters for one year.

And selected the program:
Total Iraq and Afghanistan War Spending from 2001 to FY 2010.

WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS:

For JUST OUR COUNTY we could've paid in full 5,980 Firefighters for One Year. Of course our county probably only needs a few hundred.

Try it yourself, tell me what you got: http://www.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoffs
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9262005

Only one reply, but I think we could have fun with this thing.

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Taxpayers in Illinois will pay $5.9 billion for proposed Food and Nutrition Assistance in FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
 93,641 Firefighters for One Year

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Taxpayers in Illinois will pay $5.9 billion for proposed Food and Nutrition Assistance in FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
 75,146 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year

Look how greatly safety could be improved in Illinois if we got rid of the welfare leeches.
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2010, 09:01:42 PM »
Firefighters aren't a federal agency. Primitive Fail.
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2010, 09:10:04 PM »
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Taxpayers in  Texas  will pay  $8.9 billion for proposed Food and Nutrition Assistance in FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
1,198,911 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year

Well that sums it up for me.  :banghead:
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2010, 12:35:10 AM »
How much dope could that money buy?


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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2010, 05:10:54 AM »
Quote from: miskie on October 05, 2010, 09:01:42 PM
Firefighters aren't a federal agency. Primitive Fail.

Exactly.   

Their school of thought fails every time they look to the military for cuts -- we would not spend that money elsewhere misfits.  We don't pull money for federal expenditures from a bank account.  We raise funds through taxes to pay the tab for these line items.  Remove the line item, lesson the tax burden.   See how that works morons (or should I say is SUPPOSED to work)? 


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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2010, 07:33:47 AM »
Dummies are sure all a twitter over this subject based on the number of threads burning over there.

Seems like they would be more in favor of the FD actions based on their love of unions.  They have a hard time relating this mentality to free health care and their 'soak the rich' mentality but hey, thats why they are dummies.

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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2010, 10:07:32 AM »
Their wishlists are all based on the quite-incorrect proposition that Federal revenues (And hence, taxation) should remain at the same level if and when the military's draw on it diminishes.

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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2010, 10:16:07 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on October 06, 2010, 10:07:32 AM
Their wishlists are all based on the quite-incorrect proposition that Federal revenues (And hence, taxation) should remain at the same level if and when the military's draw on it diminishes.

 :hammer:

And what they continue to fail to realize is that what Democrats want is to RAISE taxes and REDUCE (more like gut) military spending simultaneously.
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2010, 10:21:36 AM »
Chew on this DUmmies...the failed "stimulus" plan cost more than the entire 7 year Iraq war.
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2010, 10:23:35 AM »
Quote from: TxRadioguy on October 06, 2010, 10:21:36 AM
Chew on this DUmmies...the failed "stimulus" plan cost more than the entire 7 year Iraq war.

AND Afghanistan.
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2010, 11:51:09 AM »
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Taxpayers in  Virginia  will pay  $4.4 million for proposed National Endowment for the Arts in FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
78 Firefighters for One Year
:lmao: :rotf:
Oh they won't like that one. :-)
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2010, 12:13:21 PM »
Every time a DUmbass comes up with this shit, I'm reminded whenever there are cuts in local gubmint, the first thing they say they have to cut is either police or fire. Teachers always seem to get thrown in there too, but I'm not sure that's a bad idea!

Never mind the funding for new drapes in the mayors mansion, the free needle exchange program, handing out condoms to underage teens and local prostitutes, or the funding for the butt pluggers club at the local high schrool!

We can never cut any of that funding!
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2010, 12:29:31 PM »
Quote from: AprilRazz on October 06, 2010, 11:51:09 AM
:lmao: :rotf:
Oh they won't like that one. :-)

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Taxpayers in Texas will pay $13.2 million for proposed National Endowment for the Arts in FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
 229 Firefighters for One Year

Nope, I don't think they will like this one either.   :lmao:
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2010, 01:19:02 PM »
Quote from: AllosaursRus on October 06, 2010, 12:13:21 PM
Every time a DUmbass comes up with this shit, I'm reminded whenever there are cuts in local gubmint, the first thing they say they have to cut is either police or fire. Teachers always seem to get thrown in there too, but I'm not sure that's a bad idea!
Funny how that happens, huh?!?! OH WAIT!! Those are union run! According to the imposter occupying the White House, they "HAVE TO" get their pay raises and extended benefits and retire at 50!! ::) :whatever: :whatever:
That DUmmie fails anyways. National Security, especially nowadays, is something that cannot be "defunded". Especially since it's all the DUmmies, liberals and progressives that want more mooselims in America and more mosques built in America. I'm sure that will make us real safe! :bird: :censored: :censored:
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2010, 01:28:52 PM »
If our Congress Critters ever, ever posted a line item budget on the internet on what our taxes are wasted on, we'd be down there with pitchforks, torches, tar, and feathers!!!!!!

We'd be burnin' them at the stake!

Hell, Frankenstein got a better deal than we would give them!
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2010, 01:33:15 PM »
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Taxpayers in  Tennessee  will pay  $20.2 million for proposed Energy Conservation in FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
425 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year
Gee, thanks.
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2010, 04:44:19 PM »
Quote from: TxRadioguy on October 06, 2010, 10:21:36 AM
Chew on this DUmmies...the failed "stimulus" plan cost more than the entire 7 year Iraq war.

...and for a lot less. We could have sent all the DUmmies to a socialist paradice of their choice.
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2010, 04:48:42 PM »
This proves to one and all that Dummies never bother to look at  the budgets as they are divided up. We could gut welfare by 50% and have plenty left over for those that really need it and have some for providing for the common welfare of the peo0ple like Fire Depts.
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Re: You Want FIRE PROTECTION? CUT THE ****ING MILITARY BUDGET!!
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2010, 06:52:23 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on October 06, 2010, 04:44:19 PM
...and for a lot less. We could have sent all the DUmmies to a socialist paradice of their choice.
I like that idea! H5! :hi5:
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