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Sat Oct-04-08 04:19 PM
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Are we transitioning to a military-only economy?

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While everyone was focused on the $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill, President Bush simultaneously signed into law a $615 billion military spending bill, one of 3 such bills to be signed by the end of the year! While people have been calling for an FDR-like jobs creation program, something similar may be about to happen within the military sector. According to Chalmers Johnson, this reflects an incredible failure of the mass media and press to inform the people what really has been driving our nation into bankruptcy:

http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2450

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