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Originally posted by tabs52
If U have lived in California you have benfited from the sale of arms to the rest of the world. The great influx of people into California started in the the 1940's which was mainly due to the large demand for labor in the defense industry. Remember the guy who builds the weapon has to eat so the grocer makes a living as well...it's called the ripple effect. (the guy in the defense plant reads the newspaper and the defense plant puts want ads in the newspaper as well thus revenue to the LA Times comes from the MIC)....So even if U don't work for the MIC your lifestyle benfits from those $$$ flowing into the USA from other countries. And U thought it was computer chips.
Taliban Line hardly, that shows that U listen to the pablum you've been fed on the 7PM network news.
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Tabs,
Im quite aware of how much arms sales have contributed to California's economy and myself personally. I used to work indirectly for the Department of Defense. I also live in El Segundo, CA! Boeing, Raytheon, Hughes, Northrop, TRW, and Grumman all have huge facilities here. I'm reminded of this every morning as i drive to work from the giant mural of all the aircraft ever built here painted on the side of the local Chevron station.