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Prairie Gates

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12. They are concentrated in red areas

Reply to hibbing (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:31 PM

Yesterday

The red states vote for them for pork. The blue state politicians vote for them because they're scared of being targeted as anti-military.

We live in a clown country.

Literally American capitalism would collapse without the trillion dollar annual infusion of monies redistributed by the federal government to these useless phony defense jobs.

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Iran war triggers talk of supplemental defense funding [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

UGH...................... Lovie777 Yesterday #1

Wait. You mean Trump lied about having lots of ammunition ? Raven123 Yesterday #2

Back when we had a Department of Defense, we had a defense budget William Seger Yesterday #3

400 mil for the ballroom...poof gone nt msongs Yesterday #4

I predict it will pass overwhelmingly hibbing Yesterday #5

They are concentrated in red areas Prairie Gates Yesterday #12

Not sure about that hibbing Yesterday #13

Go clawback your billionaire giveaways C_U_L8R Yesterday #6

NO! If they need more money let them hold a bake sale. nt City Lights Yesterday #7

I'm a big fat NO on this too Bayard Yesterday #9

All of this money for defense and still no ammunition! Hope22 Yesterday #8

Harry Truman's committee audited the defense industry literally DURING WWII Prairie Gates Yesterday #11

A trillion dollars a year and these fuckers are running out? Prairie Gates Yesterday #10

These are the things one considers before locking and loading! Hope22 Yesterday #14