{"id":13503,"date":"2017-06-05T18:41:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=13503"},"modified":"2017-06-05T18:41:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T22:41:05","slug":"we-want-some-more-us-air-force-asks-for-extra-10-7bn-for-f-35s-lasers-other-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/we-want-some-more-us-air-force-asks-for-extra-10-7bn-for-f-35s-lasers-other-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"We want some more! US Air Force asks for extra $10.7bn for F-35s, lasers & other toys"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Give ’em a billion, they’ll come back for 2 billion more. We need to stop feeding this beast. $600 Billion – more than the next 5 countries behind us in military spending. Meanwhile, the other countries of the world all seem to have the money to make sure all their citizens have health care. They even seem to be able to afford making Alternative Energy a national priority…as well as a strong military. We have our priorities wrong, wrong, wrong.<\/p>\n

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Give ’em a billion, they’ll come back for 2 billion more. We need to stop feeding this beast. $600 Billion – more than the next 5 countries behind us in military spending. Meanwhile, the other countries of the world all seem to have the money to make sure all their citizens have health care. 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