You'll get no argument on that from me Bob.
Charlie
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Actually, at the risk of starting one of those wars we don't like here, I
> don't even think it would require higher taxes, except on the likes of Mitt
> Romney. <g> What it would require would be the US deciding to abandon its
> inherited mission of protecting the world from itself. Twelve carrier
> groups? Twelve? Hundreds of billions to build a new generation of aerial
> refueling tankers so that we can project massive force two or three
> different places in the world? I'm no isolationist, but I think a slow but
> steady drawdown over a decade or so would to us all some good. Of course I
> know if we actually did it, there would be protests from folks who like the
> belittle the US publicly, but privately rather enjoy having those 12
> carrier groups just over the horizon.
>
> Yeah, defense is jobs, but making really cool cars and spiffy computers
> and (dare I say it?) CAMERAS is jobs, too. <g>
>
>
> On Jan 19, 2012, at 1:18 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>
> > All it takes is higher taxes !
>
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