2016 Postmortem

speaktruthtopower

(800 posts) Mon Apr 4, 2016, 02:16 PM Apr 2016

If Hillary is Wall Street's Insurance Policy...

what about Bernie and defense interests?

He's a trusted member of the veterans committee and I don't see him identifying the DOD as wasteful.

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If Hillary is Wall Street's Insurance Policy... (Original Post) speaktruthtopower Apr 2016 OP

Don't hurt yourself with that stretch. hobbit709 Apr 2016 #1

Lol! Oh but he does and also supports cutting Defense funding. KPN Apr 2016 #2

I agree there's a difference speaktruthtopower Apr 2016 #3

Research is your friend BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #4

I may change my mind! speaktruthtopower Apr 2016 #5

Bernie is saying more things that we know given the media refusal to cover substantive issues BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #6

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

1. Don't hurt yourself with that stretch.

Reply to speaktruthtopower (Original post)

Mon Apr 4, 2016, 02:19 PM

Apr 2016

KPN

(15,635 posts)

2. Lol! Oh but he does and also supports cutting Defense funding.

Reply to speaktruthtopower (Original post)

Mon Apr 4, 2016, 02:20 PM

Apr 2016

You just haven't been paying attention.

Not to mention there's big differences between supporting veterans and supporting DoD (2 different animals, and between supporting Veterans vs supporting Wall Street ( let's be clear, that'S what Hillary does).

speaktruthtopower

(800 posts)

3. I agree there's a difference

Reply to KPN (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 4, 2016, 02:23 PM

Apr 2016

between supporting veterans and supporting the military-industrial establishment.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)

4. Research is your friend

Reply to speaktruthtopower (Original post)

Mon Apr 4, 2016, 02:23 PM

Apr 2016

Finding these took about 30 seconds.

Audit the Department of Defense (2016):

Waste and Fraud in the Defense Department (2015):

Nobody really knows Department of Defense spending (quoting Eisenhower's warning on the Millitary-Industrial complex at the beginning), 2015:

speaktruthtopower

(800 posts)

5. I may change my mind!

Reply to BernieforPres2016 (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 4, 2016, 02:26 PM

Apr 2016

Very interesting material.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)

6. Bernie is saying more things that we know given the media refusal to cover substantive issues

Reply to speaktruthtopower (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 4, 2016, 02:32 PM

Apr 2016

I had not actually seen any of those videos, but I saw your comment and thought knowing what I know about Bernie, there is no chance he hasn't spoken on waste in the Department of Defense. So I went to YouTube, put in a couple of terms and there it was. Those were only the first 3 videos. My guess is that there is similar stuff going back over the last couple of decades.

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