Clearly you don't know what you're talking about. There are many people on this board with .mil mail addresses who make their living working for the Nation's defense.
Additionally, there are huge breakthoughs in microchip, robotic, optic, radar, sonar, satellite, and other technologies that wouldn't be developed if not for the military. All the people who work on the base or around a base make a living too including restaurants, grocery stores, dry cleaners, office buildings, etc. Finally, not having a superior, well-funded military is not an option, so why argue about it. --- Bill Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Where do you think those billions of dollars are > going? > > Burned in a furnace? > > > The money is going into the war machine, which is a > dead-end industry. > In the best of times their products aren't used, > and in the worst of > times they are used to destroy. > > Compare that to spending on productive industries of > any nature, whose > products are actually used to make peoples' lives > better. > > I think I understand your point, that we pay > soldiers who in turn feed > their 7-11's and gas stations, etc., so the money > stays in the economy, > but the counter-point is there are no fruits of that > soldier's labor. He > didn't build a chair that someone is still using, > and he didn't plant > trees or feed people. If his job was infantry, he'll > have to unlearn > everything he was taught, and that's not a plus for > society. > > You may wind up saying that it all boils down to > "we're paying for > security". The problem with that thinking is that > science has placed Big > Gun Security into the garbage pile of illusions. > This truth hasn't come > sharply into focus yet, and let's hope it doesn't, > but we cannot ignore > it. Security, to the extent that it can be achieved, > is far more likely > to come from noble aspirations and achievement then > guns of any size. > We're barking up the wrong tree. > > > > Bill > > > > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13763982/ > > > > > > China and North Korea, with North Korea as > proxy, have been > > gearing up > > > their arms programs because they've been > threatened. Since there is > > > zero possibility of American troops being sent > to Asia again, what > > > this threat will actually cause is another wmd > arms race. This will > > > keep the military and it's arms-merchant > contractors fat > > and happy, on > > > top of already having reamed our economy of > hundreds of > > billions, some > > > say a trillion (to date, it's not over!), for > their war in ME. And > > > this is not to mention the Big Oil reaming and > all those > > lives and all > > > that destruction. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > Zinedine Zidane is a butt-head http://www.cafepress.com/zinedinezidane Press 1 for English http://www.cafepress.com/press1forenglis Hate Jon Corzine? http://www.ImpeachJonCorzine.com Hate Soccer? http://www.cafepress.com/ihatesoccer Horse Racing Photos at http://www.HorseRacingPix.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
