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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:26 AM Original message |
Why are defense contractors allowed profit? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Eh, I certainly think defense contractors, like any corporation, should be allowed to profit... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. We hold these truths to be self evident... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. More to the point, what happens if we allow every industry except defense to profit? n/t |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Heavens forbids |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And as a result, supplies to American soldiers dwindle to zero. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. They count us chumps to cough up the dough to show our "patriotism". |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. cuz that's what $war$ huh! Yeah! is good for |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. Capitalism seeks to serve mankind. |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nationalize War! |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. Patriotic privlege is how it should be. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is a beautiful idea. |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think I answered this question yesterday on a different thread |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. War Profiteering used to be illegal until Republicans took over. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
14. The business of America is business. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. why do you hate Amurka? |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Because I'm being raped by an Elephant? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You'd think so anyway . . . |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. Making a profit is one thing. Making an obscene profit is something else |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Then what's the point of going to war? |
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