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Why Not Defund the Military?

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2023
If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.
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January 31, 2023

Why Not Defund the Military?
Amidst all the talk about defunding the police, notice something important: No one talks about defunding the military. That’s because the military establishment is too powerful and has come to be accepted as a permanent feature in American life. Except for libertarians, everyone treats the military as their god. But defunding the military, whose taxpayer-funded largess is now around $800 billion per year, …
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  1. Why has Biden ‘n DCers ‘doubled’ down on all ammunition orders for our own soldiers? Rumors’ of war on American soil- from ‘top’ officials,,, Of course, this is what they really want,,, – it’s a ‘necessity to making globalist-Soros plan succeed,,, most Americans aren’t ‘aware’ of Soros /Hillary NWO “plan”! – so sad!

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