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		dublinben on Aug 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: German Artists Say They Put White Flags on Brookly... One of Bin Laden's stated goals[0] was to bankrupt the United States. All the money we've spent on foreign wars and 'homeland security' since 2001 has certainly come close. [0]http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/01/binladen.tape/

wavefunction on Aug 13, 2014 [–]

That's mostly just a transfer of wealth from the middle class to the wealthy via defense contracting.

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