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DogPoundPup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 03:47 PM
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America spent $52-billion on nuclear weapons and weapons-related programs, in the 2008 fiscal year.
While the US only spent $39.5-billion on international diplomacy and foreign assistance.

See article ... http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/01/nuclear_spending.html
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 03:48 PM
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1. And we have a loose-cannon, war-addicted idiot at the helm.
Someone should invade us...
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nebenaube Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 03:51 PM
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2. How about a billion for healthcare? n/t
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 03:55 PM
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3. Dupe of this thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4833516
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