Conspicuous ConsumptionHave you ever been photographed sat on a balcony eating a croissant; or wallowed in luxury just for the sake of it? What's the most ostentatious thing you ever seen or done?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:18)
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Does anyone seriously believethat benefit fraud costs more than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? That, for example, that's why the US is close to broke at the moment?
Sweden spends much more on welfare, and much less on war. Is it better or worse off?
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What no one seems to be mentioning at the moment, re US Is that one of Al Qaeda's main strategies has been to seek to bankrupt the US
Can't find much on it now (in the 5 minutes I've searched), but here's something from 2004 - articles.cnn.com/2004-11-01/world/binladen.tape_1_al-jazeera-qaeda-bin?_s=PM:WORLD
- effectively force it to spread its ambitions too far, to commit itself to too many conflicts, and force its hand to up its military spending (which the US is addicted to anyway).
/edit: full transcript - www.worldpress.org/Americas/1964.cfm
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rofl harris, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 10:51,
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