Camden, New Jersey: America's Most Desperate Town

Re:Camden, New Jersey: America's Most Desperate Town by grecy on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @12:58PM (#7219038)

> If I were the king, I would fix

I've always thought the troops should be brought home and all those trillions spent on infrastructure and community projects within America.

Unfortunately, it's more important to spend trillions on other countries than on America and Americans.

"If Americans knew what Swedes receive for their taxes, we would probably riot."

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?artic...

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Re:Camden, New Jersey: America's Most Desperate Town by r00fus on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @02:30PM (#7219788)

> Unfortunately, it's more important to spend trillions on other countries than on America and Americans

Clarification (I agree with your gist), that money gets funneled through the military industrial complex back into "construction companies" (i.e., haliburton), security companies (i.e., Blackwater/XE) and various other US-based corporate socialism babies.

Very little of foreign development money is actually seen by the countries we "occupy" or "assist". Please see Confessions of an economic hit man for more details:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_...

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