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12-14-2010, 06:35 PM
midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-14-10 04:08 PM
Original message
If the DoD budget was substantially cut, how bad would the recession get?
This thought passed through my head while consider the insanity of the DoD budget. Seems like any significant cuts to the DoD would result in serious economic repercussions...making the military one giant government jobs and stimulus program.
oh, we're fucked.
No... that money is spent to keep you from getting fucked. There is a differance.
Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-14-10 04:13 PM
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3. Yes, a lot of people would be suddenly out of work.
I have no problem with extending generous unemployment and retraining benefits to them all to ease them into being able to make productive contributions to our society. Kind of like criminal rehabilitation, I guess. But the savings from ceasing the manufacture of all those planes, tanks, drones, bombs, howitzers, APCs, ships, etc., as well as the savings from not maintaining a huge military abroad, would be enough to totally transform our society and restore us to leadership in a 21st century world economy.
So... their solution? "Fire everybody, and put them on unemployment." That will certainly help the economy.
midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-14-10 04:16 PM
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5. jobs like mine!
My company largely works in DoD related (non weapons) R&D. A serious cutback in DoD funding would probably put me out of a job. Generous unemployment sounds good to me
Well, we aren't all free loading bitches, but good job in bringing up the fact that more then just people who wear the uniform will get hurt.
hedgehog (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-14-10 04:17 PM
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6. Depends - if the money going to the DoD is shifted to roads,
bridges, railroads, new transmission lines, wind turbines, wave turbines, schools, etc. etc you'd employ many of the same people, but they 'd be doing something that adds to the economy instead of draining it.
For the whole 6 months it takes to do those jobs. Then what? :rolleyes:
Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-14-10 06:09 PM
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18. I think the recession would recede, because we don't need this expense and level of cost of
defense right now.
Sure, another million on unemployment won't hurt the economy at all. :rolleyes:
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Original message
If the DoD budget was substantially cut, how bad would the recession get?
This thought passed through my head while consider the insanity of the DoD budget. Seems like any significant cuts to the DoD would result in serious economic repercussions...making the military one giant government jobs and stimulus program.
oh, we're fucked.
No... that money is spent to keep you from getting fucked. There is a differance.
Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-14-10 04:13 PM
Response to Original message
3. Yes, a lot of people would be suddenly out of work.
I have no problem with extending generous unemployment and retraining benefits to them all to ease them into being able to make productive contributions to our society. Kind of like criminal rehabilitation, I guess. But the savings from ceasing the manufacture of all those planes, tanks, drones, bombs, howitzers, APCs, ships, etc., as well as the savings from not maintaining a huge military abroad, would be enough to totally transform our society and restore us to leadership in a 21st century world economy.
So... their solution? "Fire everybody, and put them on unemployment." That will certainly help the economy.
midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-14-10 04:16 PM
Response to Reply #3
5. jobs like mine!
My company largely works in DoD related (non weapons) R&D. A serious cutback in DoD funding would probably put me out of a job. Generous unemployment sounds good to me
Well, we aren't all free loading bitches, but good job in bringing up the fact that more then just people who wear the uniform will get hurt.
hedgehog (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-14-10 04:17 PM
Response to Original message
6. Depends - if the money going to the DoD is shifted to roads,
bridges, railroads, new transmission lines, wind turbines, wave turbines, schools, etc. etc you'd employ many of the same people, but they 'd be doing something that adds to the economy instead of draining it.
For the whole 6 months it takes to do those jobs. Then what? :rolleyes:
Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-14-10 06:09 PM
Response to Original message
18. I think the recession would recede, because we don't need this expense and level of cost of
defense right now.
Sure, another million on unemployment won't hurt the economy at all. :rolleyes:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x8893