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WASHINGTON — Americans spent as much on ”plastic Santa Clauses and
\n tinsel" and other holiday niceties last Christmas season as they
\n do on the US military for a year, the Army’s top general said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Responding to complaints about defense spending, General Peter Schoomaker,
\n the Army chief of staff, told reporters: ”I just don’t understand . .
\n . what’s the problem?"<\/p>\n
”Here’s what is amazing to me . . . What do you think we spent on plastic
\n Santa Clauses and tinsel and all this stuff for Christmas last year?" Schoomaker
\n asked during a meeting with reporters. ”The answer is $438.5 billion,
\n roughly equivalent to the defense budget."<\/p>\n
from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n Well, when you put it that way….Although running the numbers, Typical government accounting; they probably started with the amount WASHINGTON — Americans spent as much on ”plastic Santa Clauses and tinsel" and other holiday niceties last Christmas season as they do on the US military for a year, the Army’s top general said yesterday. Responding to complaints about defense … Continue reading
\n that works out to $1,644 worth of plastic Santas, tinsel and strings
\n of blinking lights
\n for every man, woman and child in the country.- $6,578 for a family
\n of four. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n the FIRST family spent on
\n Christmas decorations and multiplied that by the population of the
\n United States….<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"