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This is the public service announcement that PBS won't show you. Reckless, irresponsible spending adds to our children's national debt and threatens their future. Responsible parents and MAD moms unite to hold our elected officials accountable.

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[TheMrCFH]

"20 billion minimum is spent each year on nuclear weapons to fire at countries who don't have nuclear weapons, in a senario which is pointless and never going to happen, and so ends up just stockpiling thousands of weapons of mass destruction whilst looking for a handfull in Afghanistan which , if they existed, probably wouldn't work" - apoligies for any grammer issues.

[LastUserNameEverrrrr]

I'm not a huge military fan, but you're dead wrong. Permanent entitlements such as social security are currently about 60% of the budget and defense spending (which is not permanent) is something like 4%.

[lonelyeastwardtravel]

No, no mention because the cost of the wars does not begin to touch the spending on SocSec, Meicare, & Medicaid. And unlike the latter, wars do end.

Neither SocSec nor Medi-anything are funded (that is, none are paid-for directly by the tax stream or prior savings that was "promised") at a sustainable level. SocSec turned negative sometime last fiscal year. The net overall shortfall of promises for which there is no money is about $100T.

Indeed, your post is pure and unadulterated BS.

[RedwingSporthorses]

No mention of the gazillions of dollars being thrown down a rathole on ill-advised and unnecessary wars? Instead, you mention $180,000 being spent on something?

Pure, unadulterated bullshit.

P.S. Social Security is NOT an unfunded liability. I paid for it, Little Emily.

[Champizfast]

Good stuff.