Michael Ritland
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And I think you and I can can speak to it maybe more frankly than. Well, I mean, your average taxpayer has just as much fucking reason to be to be bitching about it. But I think for guys like us to say, I'm OK with and actually support. a reduced defense budget, but be smarter about it. Yeah. I think carries more weight. Cause we're not just saying fucking give them whatever they need.
And I think you and I can can speak to it maybe more frankly than. Well, I mean, your average taxpayer has just as much fucking reason to be to be bitching about it. But I think for guys like us to say, I'm OK with and actually support. a reduced defense budget, but be smarter about it. Yeah. I think carries more weight. Cause we're not just saying fucking give them whatever they need.
And I think you and I can can speak to it maybe more frankly than. Well, I mean, your average taxpayer has just as much fucking reason to be to be bitching about it. But I think for guys like us to say, I'm OK with and actually support. a reduced defense budget, but be smarter about it. Yeah. I think carries more weight. Cause we're not just saying fucking give them whatever they need.
It's like you could give them whatever they need, pay them more and take better care of them and still spend less money. If you would just do it smart.
It's like you could give them whatever they need, pay them more and take better care of them and still spend less money. If you would just do it smart.
It's like you could give them whatever they need, pay them more and take better care of them and still spend less money. If you would just do it smart.
Yes. Yeah, for sure.
Yes. Yeah, for sure.
Yes. Yeah, for sure.
For sure. And I think, you know, and it's on the smallest scale at supply departments, at individual commands, all the way up to the big defense contractors that now have.
For sure. And I think, you know, and it's on the smallest scale at supply departments, at individual commands, all the way up to the big defense contractors that now have.
For sure. And I think, you know, and it's on the smallest scale at supply departments, at individual commands, all the way up to the big defense contractors that now have.
General What's-His-Nuts on their board of directors, and he still has a bunch of friends that are in the military that if, hey, if we go to war with so-and-so and, you know, our defense budgeting committee allocates fucking McDonnell Douglas with this $47 billion contract every three months, everybody wins, you know, except the United States.
General What's-His-Nuts on their board of directors, and he still has a bunch of friends that are in the military that if, hey, if we go to war with so-and-so and, you know, our defense budgeting committee allocates fucking McDonnell Douglas with this $47 billion contract every three months, everybody wins, you know, except the United States.
General What's-His-Nuts on their board of directors, and he still has a bunch of friends that are in the military that if, hey, if we go to war with so-and-so and, you know, our defense budgeting committee allocates fucking McDonnell Douglas with this $47 billion contract every three months, everybody wins, you know, except the United States.
You know, and I think it's really that simple is that, I mean, because you see it, Even just a little bit of uncovering of Doge of, like, to me, one of the biggest ironies is the NGO thing, the loophole of, you know, sitting members of Congress that have a sister, you know, that starts whatever fucking nonprofit.
You know, and I think it's really that simple is that, I mean, because you see it, Even just a little bit of uncovering of Doge of, like, to me, one of the biggest ironies is the NGO thing, the loophole of, you know, sitting members of Congress that have a sister, you know, that starts whatever fucking nonprofit.
You know, and I think it's really that simple is that, I mean, because you see it, Even just a little bit of uncovering of Doge of, like, to me, one of the biggest ironies is the NGO thing, the loophole of, you know, sitting members of Congress that have a sister, you know, that starts whatever fucking nonprofit.
You know, it's like it by its very definition and in name is a non-governmental organization.
You know, it's like it by its very definition and in name is a non-governmental organization.