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We already pay taxes. Fund the parks first.

It's simple Matt. Taxes should fund this kind of stuff way high up on the list. It should be one of the last things that gets cut.

Umm, yeah, that's what all conservatives believe.

Old school: ripping on 'boner! Way to go Rob!

please, no more pics of TTK in a thong!

Wrong, dipshit. I caught your reference to the stupid movie and opted to simply respond in a different manner than you wanted. BTW, do you wash down your bear claws with white russians or just your meds?

Self-realization is a great thing. Keep working on it - you're making great progress.

Yes

I need a caffeine IV drip.

Coupled with the D's congress refusal to cut their programs during said buildup. Since then... military cuts big time in the wake of the fall of the Communist block, bases closed, taxes raised twice (read my lips + Bubba), then more spending under W and 2 wars, W on anything under the sun, and B-HO on all the latter and more. But let's keep it simple and just say "Reagan". Umm yeah. And let's not forget the "War on Poverty" (how's that coming along, btw?), and Vietnam.

Like at Vantage, where you had to pay for a parking permit but there was no outhouse that was serviced? Or TH's that have no outhouse? Or one that is not stocked with TP? This scam has been going on a lot longer than the current budget "crisis". It's all a shell game where things go unfunded that the legislature can get away with unfunding so they can nickle and dime with fees.

Umm, yeah, that's a productive response.

Exactly. Not only do we pay fees, but don't get shit for them. Trail maintenance work is done by volunteers.

+1

From U.S. Senator Bernie Sander's web site: March 27, 2011 Sanders Calls for Shared Sacrifice ... I see the numbers but how is this shit possible? It mentions loopholes but what are the specifics? Time for those in charge to grow some balls and do something about it.

I read that they were using trench-latrines. This is probably what she looks like while taking a huge crap. I'd drink a cup of her bath-water

53 is the new 93?

Kochtopoly goon!

That's the hottest hippy I've ever seen. Do you think she umm, smells like a hippy, you know, down there? Cuz that's a dealbreaker. +1

What if the wages are too low to be livable? Really there should be no protection against this?

I look at it this way Jim. We ("we") might like all these things to be the best-equipped, strongest military in the world, but you can't have everything you want. Our budget is bloated, our economy teetering, and we are overextended. So somebody has to make the tough calls to cut some of the above. Everyone who runs a household does this - so should the government. What programs specifically should be cut? Hell if I know but the cuts need to be made, and big cuts at that. Satisfied? If I were king (and you were queen!) I'd bet that we could come to reasonable decisions over a couple of pitchers. Unlike the current political situation. Plus, we could drown jb in the bathtub! I always thought of Prole as a queen. Honestly the bill for the F-35 bothers me the most. 2000+ planes and over a trillion lifetime costs.

It ain't getting increased champ. Let me tell you! Our bennies are on the chopping block. Retirement is being pared and free health care culled. Now, there are those that abuse the medical system in order to get over and get disability and they are ruining it for those that actually need it. Same goes to PTSD. When you have soccer moms in California claiming PTSD after watching 9/11 on TV, it becomes a joke really quickly. In my line of work, sports medicine type injuries are extremely commonplace as are back issues. Now, the government wants us to pay a large copay to subsidize costs. As fucked up as my body is, that shit could bankrupt me! LOL So, you see, the military is a mirror image of the problems in the Nation's economy. Our decline has just been accelerating exponentially, while the Nation's economy just continues its gradually accelerating decline. Dude, you are depressing me. YOU have to pay a copay? Fucking make the congressmen and their staffs pay fucking copays.

I look at it this way Jim. We ("we") might like all these things to be the best-equipped, strongest military in the world, but you can't have everything you want. Our budget is bloated, our economy teetering, and we are overextended. So somebody has to make the tough calls to cut some of the above. Everyone who runs a household does this - so should the government. What programs specifically should be cut? Hell if I know but the cuts need to be made, and big cuts at that. Satisfied?

I've been shot twice, jumped out of countless airplanes, been crushed under inhumane pack loads and generally abused and am, as an active duty military member, already in excess of 30% disability (if I were to get out today). If I had no retirement/ disability to make up for my service induced inability to earn, what is the possibility that I could provide for my family into my retirement; especially if I am unable to work in my field past 40? Some might not deserve their pensions, but I, for one, think I deserve mine. If the federal government fucks with my retirement and disability benefits, I will have no choice but to leave the service and many other experienced leaders will too. They have already had us do more with less for so long, it is only a matter of time until the rumors that our paychecks will be casualties will come to fruition as well. This is a symptom of the larger problem: Output exceeds input. The system can only last for so long and the military is dealing with the same ominous destruction that the economy is facing. The military and the economy are both casualties to the political bickering of congress. This shortsightedness will cost us decades of rebuilding and we may never fully recover. And I agree. Soldiers are in a separate category, asked to do what most would not consider at the whim of soft-handed politicians. The pentagon budget needs to be cut on some of the worthless programs pushed by bring-home-the-bacon pols. Do we really need to be spending twice as much for our military as the combined rest of the world? Pensions for the troops, medical benefits, family support, and post-conflict GI benefits should be solidified and increased. It is quite different than a public desk job. Much of our military budget does in fact go for just what you are proposing should be supported - even increased! Make up your mind. :-)

You continual attempts at demonization are laughable, especially when you accuse others of doing what you practice routinely. Service goon! Regressive! Troll! Attila! Knuckledragger! *yawn*