idrankwhat 0 #1 July 22, 2008 I like the way Ben explains things but it can be hazardous to your fall rate. A little perspective Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #2 July 22, 2008 QuoteI like the way Ben explains things but it can be hazardous to your fall rate. A little perspective I don't know how accurate the numbers are, but it's certainly an interesting video. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idrankwhat 0 #3 July 23, 2008 QuoteQuoteI like the way Ben explains things but it can be hazardous to your fall rate. A little perspective I don't know how accurate the numbers are, but it's certainly an interesting video. Blues, Dave As far as I can tell they seem to have their act together. And it's nice to hear people making sense in the gray area as opposed to arguing in black and white. http://www.sensiblepriorities.org/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #4 July 23, 2008 The numbers are solid. Been known to be for ages. The problem is in the fact that both of our major parties (the only ones with a chance at winning) are afraid to buck the system. It's a vicious circle; the groups won't buck the system that made them, and the system does not allow entry to individuals that would buck it. That and the fact that every single dollar spent nowadays is seen as a right to ongoing entitlement. Just so happens that the Pentagon is currently the worst offender. If it were any other program/agency getting that piece of the pie, they would be just as unwilling to give any of it up. It is not a matter of what is being spent - - it is how we spend it. Related to another thread where someone thinks we in the USA are singlemindedly screaming for lower taxes and free gas; I'd be fine with the current level of taxes. I just want to see it spent smartly; the way a responsible family would budget their household. We have plenty to spend, we just spend a lot of it stupidly. (Our government, not my family)." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #5 July 23, 2008 The way the military spending is set up is simply fucked. Basically if you do not use this years budget you lose it for the next. So at the end of the fiscal year (09) there is this rush to buy things any thing just so the budget is spent to the last penny. If they do not spend it and next year they actually need there full budget they will not have the cash to use. So lots of money is waisted. They need to change the way it’s done from the ground up.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #6 July 23, 2008 Thats a great description. I think Oreo economics could really take off!When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
