Posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on February 5, 2007, at 13:07:23
In reply to Re: $700bn in new military spending..., posted by Meri-Tuuli on February 5, 2007, at 12:23:14
please keep in mind that a lot of the military spending is related to health care.
yes, the health care costs are soaring in the military world. A lot of that is due to high prices for prescription drugs that are prescribed by doctors who are treating very seriously injured and seriously mentally ill family members and service men and women. Fatal casualties are more rare in modern warfare, but folks are surviving horrific injuries that require months and years of painstaking and extremely expensive rehabilitation.
-Ll
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