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yeoman6987

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3. Wouldn't that put millions of other Americans in jeopardy of losing their home

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Sat May 21, 2016, 11:48 AM

May 2016

About 3 million would lose their jobs (military and civil service) and ultimately their homes. I think the 10 percent the DOD is living through sequester now is hard but survivable. The biggest problem is congress forcing military to take aircraft and equipment they don't want. That needs to stop. Maybe stop adding to the budget every year for awhile and give the money to HUD for additional homes. Nobody needs a million dollar home. A hundred thousand dollar home would be doable and successful.

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Annual US military budget could buy every homeless person a $1 million home [View all] Cheese Sandwich May 2016 OP

564,708 people are homeless in America. That is as sad as it is shocking.... think May 2016 #1

I think the real number is probably a lot more Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #5

I remember reading something about this,.. support fot the homeless... pangaia May 2016 #2

Wouldn't that put millions of other Americans in jeopardy of losing their home yeoman6987 May 2016 #3

Stopping destroying sovereign nations would save trillions. nt. polly7 May 2016 #4

Now that is a great point. The money we could save stopping that would do yeoman6987 May 2016 #6

you know, we could put those people to work doing something really useful--digging ditches, niyad May 2016 #7

Hyperbole - its a thing ashling May 2016 #9

Isn't the military budget the petty cash for the obscenely wealthy? nt valerief May 2016 #8