[Vision2020] American arrogance and arms accounting (was: NPR)

[lfalen]

We should be concerned about all wasteful and unnecessary spending, no mater where it occurs. There is plenty of it in the military. I have reservations abut our involment in Libya also.
Roger
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From: Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:06:27 -0700
To: Kenneth Marcy kmmos1 at frontier.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] American arrogance and arms accounting (was: NPR)

> Thanks, Ken. This is exactly why I can't take criticisms of NPR seriously.
> How many times does Roger complain about about how we don't have enough
> money? Yet how little does he talk about the kinds of waste that you note
> below, wastes from the military and monetary losses caused by unchecked
> members of the business community? If it were really about MONEY we'd get
> criticisms of more than NPR and education. And the fact is once you do away
> with adequate news sources and gut American education it is going to be a
> lot harder for the average folk to spot the lies and fallacies of the tea
> baggers.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1 at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 30 March 2011 13:05:19 Joe Campbell wrote:
> > > We're not spending too much on NPR! We spend more bombing Libya in one
> > day
> > > than a year's worth of NPR! I don't see any good arguments supporting
> > your
> > > case. That's all.
> >
> > American aggression overseas, however much it may be in aid of moral
> > causes,
> > is unmatched by its awful armaments accounting at home. If one wishes to be
> > aware of the most egregious levels of American aggression, look at the
> > artless
> > accounting appeasement that has continued for decades among those who claim
> > accounting and auditing expertise and the American military establishment.
> >
> > The military-industrial complex of contractors and their aides,
> > accomplices,
> > and accessories have failed to produce understandable, comprehensive,
> > audited
> > financial statements for American military activities for as long as anyone
> > can
> > remember. This financial and managerial reporting void should be a source
> > of
> > perpetual embarrassment to anyone who claims to have any sense of federal
> > fiscal or taxpayer concern.
> >
> >
> > Ken
> >
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