Same on both counts. Even more remarkable in my mind is that I'm mulling donating to his campaign.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
I'll probably vote for Bernie this upcoming election though. First time for everything.
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You don't need billions, but you do need backing of people with lots of money in order to organize fundraisers and vote drives. He's done a good job of rallying PEOPLE. It remains to be seen if this translates to actual votes.Surfdaddy wrote:
I think its a slight fallacy that you need billions to win an election perpetuated by the media. Hes sure doing a great job at rallying voters..... Also can we lift the one post every 30 mins things. Really does a good job at not promoting discussion.
Ya the past has shown that to be true in the past, but maybe he could be the first to change that script. He did just get the backing of the nurses association and a large global enviromental agencyKEN-JENNINGS wrote:
You don't need billions, but you do need backing of people with lots of money in order to organize fundraisers and vote drives. He's done a good job of rallying PEOPLE. It remains to be seen if this translates to actual votes.Surfdaddy wrote:
I think its a slight fallacy that you need billions to win an election perpetuated by the media. Hes sure doing a great job at rallying voters..... Also can we lift the one post every 30 mins things. Really does a good job at not promoting discussion.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-bu … raft-13622Republican presidential hopeful and Ohio Governor John Kasich says the United States should build five more aircraft carriers.
Speaking at a forum on national security in South Carolina on Monday, Governor Kasich argued that the United States should try to have around 15 aircraft carriers.
“We have about 10 carriers now, my goal would be to get closer to 15. And you’ve got to have the ability to project power when you get there,” Kasich said, the Columbus Dispatch and Politico reported.
Speaking to reporters after the forum, Kasich clarified his remarks by saying that the project to build five additional aircraft carriers would have to be done “over time. It’s not going to be done in a day. It has to all be done calmly and over time.”
The crux of the issue for Kasich, as is so often the case when it comes to the defense spending and the Navy in particular, is cost. The latest U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, cost between $6 billion and $10 billion to build, according to the Columbus Dispatch (other estimates put the cost of the lead ship at upwards of $12 billion). Adding an additional five aircraft carriers to the ones America already intends to build would be an enormous burden on federal spending.
This is problematic for a candidate like Kasich, who is running in no small part on his ability to balance the federal budget. Repeatedly on the campaign trail Kasich has touted his experience as the chairman of the House Budget Committee, noting that he held this position the last time the U.S. government managed to successfully balance the budget. In an op-ed on CNN on Monday, Kasich sent so far as to declare “I support a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget.”
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