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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:01 AM
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126. Yesterday, a DUer posted that a show on NPR was stating that
the social safety net is a much bigger portion of the US budget than the military budget. I wondered how they could claim that, so I did a little searching & found this page.

http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm

Check out "The Government Deception" box. I'm not saying the show used this as their basis, but it is a valid example of manipulating statistics to distort reality.

Your friend is like 98% of my friends. They think watching CNN/MSNBC/network news, is getting the straight/entire story. They think I'm a political kook.
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