Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote

Re:Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote by matt4077 on Sunday December 03, 2017 @04:32AM (#15836793)

Federal doesn't matter, until it does. It's decisive, for example, for war and peace. Those tend to have rather large effects on people.

Even without considering the lives lost, both American and foreign: The Afghan & Irak war have cost $5 trillion over the years. That's $60,000 for every US family of four that could have been put to other uses if those wars had been limited to a fast and cheap campaign against the Taliban government.

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Re:Philadelphia write-in candidate: I won with one vote by jessaustin on Sunday December 03, 2017 @08:00AM (#15837394)

USA military doesn't do fast and cheap. The whole point of the operation was to funnel trillions of dollars to armaments manufacturers and their sockpuppets in media and politics. If Afghanistan/Iraq hadn't had that potential, they would have agitated for War in some other unfortunate locales.

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