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displacedvermoter

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6. Undoubtedly, no argument there.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #2)

Sun May 25, 2025, 10:41 AM

May 25

And we are also slaves to the Military Industrial Complex with obscene profits that make it impossible to spend on peacetime investments. No money for vocational training, health care, child care and public transit -- things working people need and want -- cause we spend so.much on bombs.

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Why America Is Running Out of Fire Trucks [View all] LiberalArkie May 25 OP

I have always said that a nationwide effort displacedvermoter May 25 #1

It still gets down to the fact that the vulture capitalists love monopolies LiberalArkie May 25 #2

Undoubtedly, no argument there. displacedvermoter May 25 #6

A related video. Not quite the same topic, but it does get into how other countries use standard commercial trucks... JHB May 25 #3

Very good... I had wondered about all this.. Wearing out the expensive trucks for non-fires. LiberalArkie May 25 #5

I'm a member of my local fire board k_buddy762 May 25 #4

Another corporate greed story Nigrum Cattus May 25 #7

Kick dalton99a May 25 #8

Any chance you could summarize the answers? RandomNumbers May 25 #9

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