Occupation of Washington DC

[bunkie]

The Conversation
CODEPINK activist Medea Benjamin previews the October 6th
occupation of Washington DC, ten years after the invasion of Afghanistan....

http://www.smileyandwest.com/radio.html

[FAADAN]

I think Code Pink has to be the funniest of all the pinkos out there.

[bunkie]

Originally Posted by FAADAN

I think Code Pink has to be the funniest of all the pinkos out there.

how'd i know you were gonna say that???!

forget the source and listen to the ideas.

[FAADAN]

Originally Posted by bunkie

how'd i know you were gonna say that???!

forget the source and listen to the ideas.

You mean like the demands that the OWS group published?

[bunkie]

Originally Posted by FAADAN

You mean like the demands that the OWS group published?

nope. did you listen?

[Silverbeard]

I listened... Its great they are calling out both democrats and republicans. One thing though, they said if we ended the wars we could use the money to rebuild america. that isnt actually true. Look at the numbers. We could cut the military 100 percent and wed STILL have to cut medicare and medicaid and SS or some major amount of each (prices set to rise drastically as boomers age) let alone have money for rebuilding anything.

[bunkie]

if we cut out all the pork on all the bills congress passes, how much would we save?

[FAADAN]

Originally Posted by bunkie

if we cut out all the pork on all the bills congress passes, how much would we save?

Very little. Discretionary spending as they call it is miniscule compared to entitlements.

[bunkie]

Originally Posted by FAADAN

Very little. Discretionary spending as they call it is miniscule compared to entitlements.

if you add all the 'little bits' together, they might add up!

[Silverbeard]

Originally Posted by bunkie

if we cut out all the pork on all the bills congress passes, how much would we save?

Every dollar helps of course, but all of it is indeed dwarfed by those three programs, especially going into the future as the boomers retire. Heck if those are the only thing we funded we couldnt cover it. We wont be able to build to our debts forever... No country ever can, even empires.