Only places where 'we' spend Marshall Plan type money these days sink-holes like Afghanistan/Iraq (or bailing out the Street). #RealityCheck
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@emptywheel Military Keynesianism to supplement QE-Furevuh amidst abdication of fiscal role by Know-Nothing Congress!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@GregDjerejian This is true even if F-35 won't be able to fight off hummingbird. Does this make F-35 the Peace Pigeon? -
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@emptywheel@LemonSlayerUS Prob barrel-rolls galore if we keep 'huffing & puffing' so much at their doorstep. -
@GregDjerejian@emptywheel China (& Russia) likely view state of US FP/Mil strength today as "death from a thousand cuts". Probably right. -
@LemonSlayerUS Suspect they realize that so long as we believe battles are won on battlefields they're in good shape.@GregDjerejian
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@emptywheel@GregDjerejian Just read that in the end, the F-35 program may cost 1.5 trillion. But no water for Detroit. -
@Bill_Owen@emptywheel Wish there were still men like Ike on scene. Instead assorted pygmies genuflecting to DC's 'permanent interests'. -
@GregDjerejian@emptywheel I like Ike. Last truly independent President.
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@emptywheel Perhaps fulfills the "digging holes and filling them back up" roleThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@GregDjerejian What Job Creator wouldn't love the F-35?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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