bucs90
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This may touch some nerves. But thats ok. I think we have created a Welfare Empire with the U.S. Military. Hear me out.
Some have said this about the military internally. How someone can sign on at age 18, be a non-combat employee- like a cook, dentist, gym attendant, human resources employee. I know a female officer (LT) at the Air Force base here. Her job is to do presentations to new families about the schools, recreation and nightlife of Charleston. Never deployed. Made an entire career in uniform of giving lifestyle presentations to newly located families. And thats fine, its honest, noble work. But, some have said joining at 18, doing 20 years in a non-combat role, then "retiring" at age 38 with lifetime pay and benefits is just...well, too sweet a deal. Not me. Im ok with that.
What Im talking about is external welfare. You know, the kind right wingers hate. The "get something for nothing" kind. And our military is providing it. How?
We have bases all over the world. We intervene in so many conflicts. How many nations dont spend much on military...because they depend on the assumption that the US will save their asses? Canada for example. They have a fine military, but far smaller than ours. They dont need a big one. We're next door. So, they free up far more of their tax money for domestic services.
Or how about South Korea? How much money do we the taxpayers waste on that area? Japan, by law, couldnt have a big military. We will protect them. Same with Australia. And Mexico. And France. And England. And Germany. And Norway. And Sweden. And Greenland. And.........well, lets just assume that outside of China, Russia, the Axis of Evil (well, Saudi Arabia we'll protect obviously) that we'll step into just about any major conflict outside of Africa.
So I gotta ask, right wingers espsecially: Why are you so OK with foreign people getting "something for nothing", in this case military protection, off your tax dollar, but are so against your fellow countrymen getting "something for nothing"??? I mean, if you are gonna have your tax money spent giving someone something for nothing, why aren't you more angry that foreigners are getting it than your own neighbors?
Why not pull all those troops out of England, Germany, France, Australia, South Korea, etc, etc??
Some say it would make it harder to fight a foreign war without those foward bases. Well, thats a GOOD thing. Our foreign wars haven't done shit but nearly bankrupt us. Maybe that would be a good thing, to make it very hard to send our troops to some shithole to fight. Maybe then, we'd only go to war when absolutely necessary.
BUT....that would make life hard for defense contractors. And lots of GOP candidates depend heavily on lobbyist money from those folks.
So, I guess the Military Welfare Empire will continue. And billions of foreigners will keep getting free military protection from us, so they can have more of their own money stay in-country for their own people, since our people will pay for their protection........or in other words, "getting something for nothing".
Some have said this about the military internally. How someone can sign on at age 18, be a non-combat employee- like a cook, dentist, gym attendant, human resources employee. I know a female officer (LT) at the Air Force base here. Her job is to do presentations to new families about the schools, recreation and nightlife of Charleston. Never deployed. Made an entire career in uniform of giving lifestyle presentations to newly located families. And thats fine, its honest, noble work. But, some have said joining at 18, doing 20 years in a non-combat role, then "retiring" at age 38 with lifetime pay and benefits is just...well, too sweet a deal. Not me. Im ok with that.
What Im talking about is external welfare. You know, the kind right wingers hate. The "get something for nothing" kind. And our military is providing it. How?
We have bases all over the world. We intervene in so many conflicts. How many nations dont spend much on military...because they depend on the assumption that the US will save their asses? Canada for example. They have a fine military, but far smaller than ours. They dont need a big one. We're next door. So, they free up far more of their tax money for domestic services.
Or how about South Korea? How much money do we the taxpayers waste on that area? Japan, by law, couldnt have a big military. We will protect them. Same with Australia. And Mexico. And France. And England. And Germany. And Norway. And Sweden. And Greenland. And.........well, lets just assume that outside of China, Russia, the Axis of Evil (well, Saudi Arabia we'll protect obviously) that we'll step into just about any major conflict outside of Africa.
So I gotta ask, right wingers espsecially: Why are you so OK with foreign people getting "something for nothing", in this case military protection, off your tax dollar, but are so against your fellow countrymen getting "something for nothing"??? I mean, if you are gonna have your tax money spent giving someone something for nothing, why aren't you more angry that foreigners are getting it than your own neighbors?
Why not pull all those troops out of England, Germany, France, Australia, South Korea, etc, etc??
Some say it would make it harder to fight a foreign war without those foward bases. Well, thats a GOOD thing. Our foreign wars haven't done shit but nearly bankrupt us. Maybe that would be a good thing, to make it very hard to send our troops to some shithole to fight. Maybe then, we'd only go to war when absolutely necessary.
BUT....that would make life hard for defense contractors. And lots of GOP candidates depend heavily on lobbyist money from those folks.
So, I guess the Military Welfare Empire will continue. And billions of foreigners will keep getting free military protection from us, so they can have more of their own money stay in-country for their own people, since our people will pay for their protection........or in other words, "getting something for nothing".
