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Obama to Send Approximately an Additional 34,000 Troops to Afghanistan; Why Not Use Them to Fix Housing Instead?

by Charles Feldman | December 1, 2009
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Ever notice that governments are so much better at sending in troops for war then sending in help for domestic problems…such as homeowners facing or being in foreclosure? The latest example, I think, is Afghanistan. The President has decided to deploy thousands of more troops (possibly 34,000 according to the Washington Post) to that hell-hole, [...]

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