economics

Post #4,542 by Brandioch 8/10/01 3:58:43 PM Reply	economics The US buys bombs from the military-industrial complex. The m-i complex needs to sell bombs to pay its workers. If the US didn't use the bombs it already had, it would have to cancel the orders for new bombs. Think of it as helping the US economy un-slump itself. We're just using up the old, crusty, stale bombs before they're completely past their shelf-date.
Post #4,614 by hnick 8/11/01 9:49:06 AM Reply	Heh.. In the news tonight: In response to a terrorist inventory reduction of semtex, the United States performed an act of stock rotation on ${TERRORIST_NATION}... I'm never going to keep up with this friggin language... Hugh
Post #4,649 by Ashton 8/11/01 3:56:39 PM Reply	Shame on you Brandioch.. In keeping with our NAFTA policies of sub-letting government purchases: Murican workers can also* disassemble last-year's bombs!* as temps, no perks - out there at Sandia, say: it's a way of keepin them unemployment stats Lookin Good while 30-40% 'working poor' (poverty-level with maybe 2+ 'jobs' too) with no perks or vacations + all them med- uninsured: keep seein all them ADM ads about.. Our Wonderfulness\ufffd So yer wrong again about our compassionate policies - we take care of everyone who umm has his own PAC and contributes to his er representative. Have you given today? (Iraq just got theirs - for free. We have a generous new foreign er policy. If Dubya Likes ya.. we be nice) HTH

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