Shall we Abolish the US department of defense. It is such wast of money more so than the US Department of Education?

by poet4justice Posted 2012/06/26 16:51:54

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	yes, we don't need that department anymore because we want to invest in public education	3 votes	25%
	NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.	9 votes	75%

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ordman 2012/06/26 17:32:12

NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.

+3
IT IS THE SOLDIER
It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

By CHARLES M. PROVINCE.

http://iwvpa.net/provincecm/
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Lady Whitewolf 2012/06/26 20:29:38

NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.

Get rid of the FED and the IRS first!

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poet4ju... to Lady Wh... 2012/06/26 20:37:53

and how would you pay for defense if there is no IRS

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cmdrbnd007 to poet4ju... 2012/06/26 23:19:41

It's called the Fair Tax.

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poet4ju... to cmdrbnd007 2012/06/26 23:27:28

you still need a Fair Tax Agency to see whery is the money is going. I wish their was a fair tax it would be so much easy and less governmental involvement but still you paying for it.

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cmdrbnd007 to poet4ju... 2012/06/26 23:55:30

Which would be minuscule compared to the IRS. Your taxes are collected when you buy anything new. There is no enforcement because nobody owes anything at the end of the year. Twelve guys with a laptop could probably do it.

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poet4ju... to cmdrbnd007 2012/06/27 00:53:47

i have doubt about this being minuscule because human being are prone to corruption but I will love to give a try.

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KarenInKenoshaWisconsin 2012/06/26 19:41:28

NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.

How about making departments better instead of (all-or-nothing cognitive distortion; false dichotomy) "throwing the baby out with the bath water"?

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Mel 2012/06/26 19:23:32

NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.

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I wish you'd had more choices. We shouldn't eliminate either or those. We need however to balance their budgets. We do not need more weapons systems. However we should raise the salaries and benefits of military people.

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john Kills 2012/06/26 18:21:59

NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.

Sure. We can take all these worthless teachers that don't teach and send them to Iraq and afghanistan.

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poet4ju... to john Kills 2012/06/26 18:34:21

cool idea, that will be 50% of teacher, and where do we get the teacher to teach your kid. i got it why don't we get a teacher exchange program and let start with muslims country. I am sure that you will approve this idea.

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ordman 2012/06/26 17:32:12

NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.

+3
IT IS THE SOLDIER
It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

By CHARLES M. PROVINCE.

http://iwvpa.net/provincecm/

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poet4ju... to ordman 2012/06/26 17:47:47

+1
I salute the poem
so only the soldier control your destiny and not your free will.

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ordman to poet4ju... 2012/06/26 18:03:39 (edited)

No sir, but it is the soldier that provides all of us with the environment that allows the citizenry of this nation to pursue there destiny and exercise there own free will.

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poet4ju... to ordman 2012/06/26 18:52:18 (edited)

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It is impossible to let the guns and missiles out of a nation that creates an environment of constants fear and outspend trillions in waste full spending therefore we are not exercising free will but the will of fear.

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Wolfman 2012/06/26 17:18:42

NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.

+3
Defense is called out in the Constitution. Education, energy, commerce, agriculture and the EPA are not. Get rid of them.

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cmdrbnd007 2012/06/26 16:59:22

NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.

+3
We can tell by the choices you give that you are an idiot. The Department of Education was started back in the 70s and ever since the nations test scores have steadily declined. We are the strongest armed forces on the face of the planet. Now tell me, which one sounds like it is actually succeeding in it's purpose?

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poet4ju... to cmdrbnd007 2012/06/26 17:35:59

+1
costa rica doesn't have an army, yet they invest in education.
You valure more spending on weapon that cost us billions that we only to attack other nation, instead of becoming a nation that can compete in business. Right now we hiring people from around the globe just to keep our nation safe.

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cmdrbnd007 to poet4ju... 2012/06/26 23:18:17

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Costa Rica is a central American country. It's need for an army is not as necessary as a country many times it's size. We have poured literally billions of dollars into our education system and still our test scores continue to fall. Throwing more money at it isn't going to solve the problem. Our Constitution mandates we fund a military, it doesn't with education. It's time for the Federal Government to get out of education and return it to the state and local level where it used to be.

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JoeBtfsplk 2012/06/26 16:56:59

NO, we need our country strong so we can bomb other country.

+1
do you want dumb soldiers?

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