Almost Everything Wrong With This Fucking Country Summed Up

[Minimalist]

right here.


http://apnews.excite.com/article/2011081...VMT80.html

The six Republicans and six Democrats represent states where the biggest military contractors - Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics (GD) Corp., Raytheon Co. and Boeing Co. - build missiles, aircraft, jet fighters and tanks while employing tens of thousands of workers.

The potential for $500 billion more in defense cuts could force the Pentagon to cancel or scale back multibillion-dollar weapons programs. That could translate into significant layoffs in a fragile economy, generate millions less in tax revenues for local governments and upend lucrative company contracts with foreign nations.

The cuts could hammer Everett, Wash., where some of the 30,000 Boeing employees are working on giant airborne refueling tankers for the Air Force, or Amarillo, Texas, where 1,100 Bell Helicopter Textron workers assemble the fuselage, wings, engines and transmissions for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.

The use of defense spending as a sacrosanct "jobs program" condemns us to a bloated military which, unfortunately, also means politicians who can't resist the temptation to fuck with people.

We are seriously getting to the point in which Voltaire spoke disparagingly of Prussia.

"Whereas some states own an army, the Prussian army owns a state" - Voltaire

[The Grand Nudger]

I worked very briefly for Raytheon, and did some contract manufacturing for Lockheed and Boeing. They have no problem cutting jobs, with our without concessions from government, I promise. We ran a prototype line with 6 people when we needed about 40. This balloooned project costs fantastically. These companies primary earners are weapons. Never forget that their success depends greatly upon strife, conflict, and death. Peacetime or wartime, makes no difference. Holding them up as a sort of beacon of industry is macabre.

[Judas BentHer]

Nah, what's really wrong and fucked up is the hate filled ignorance that denigrates this country, while that umbrage doesn't have the courage of it's convictions to expatriate themselves and live where they can at least tolerate governance.

[Minimalist]

Saudi Arabia isn't going broke, Judas.

We are.

[Dotard]

"We" are not going broke. Large Corporations are doing just fine. Turning in record profits I believe.

[Minimalist]

I'm not worried about rich corporate cocksuckers.

The government is going broke and the lower and middle classes are staring down the barrel of serfdom.

[KichigaiNeko]

Face the facts America (USA) you are in the 'proverbial poor house' and going down fast and Australia is right there with you!!

Thank you so much you mofo bloody religious and Communist thinkers...yes thank you for fucking up my country and the 'global market' to the point that I sincerely hope you enjoy the $$ you have scammed of the working poor because I doubt very much it will taste nice even with Ketsup or BBQ sauce and that is all you will have to eat.

congratulations IMF, UN et al!!


So totally pissed offf!

[The Grand Nudger]

Well, there's an upside. We'll be able to shame our children with embellished stories of the hardship of the first global recession.

[Jaysyn]

Communist thinkers..

Uh, what?