I have to wonder about proposing it now though besides Grandstanding. All Democrats need to do is run ads talking about vouchers and Medicare to take the Republican's most loyal voting bloc away from them.
seriously though the whole "Medicare will destroy our budget" is bullshit when you look at military expenditures. You know, the thing that we could cut down significantly and still have the largest military in the world? That.
Honestly. why are republicans so blind to how freaking much we waste on military spending? but- oh! helping grandma and poor children, that is the tipping point. :/
They aren't blind. There are a lot of jobs in manufacturing equipment/weapons/etc for the military. And much of that is done in states/districts that they represent. It's pork barrel spending meets military industrial complex on steroids.
This isn't even factoring in the number of civilians employed on military bases around the country, which again tend to be in areas dominated by Republicans.
I just wish they could be more creative/innovative in encouraging job creation in areas that aren't military, so that there is something in those communities to help cushion potential job loss.
The DoD is already planning to slash military personnel levels to pre-WW2 levels. That's levels that haven't been seen by the majority of living Americans.
Other DoD expenditures are what keeps a large part of our economy rolling. Fueling the military-industrial complex employs a hell of a lot of people. It's not just the direct links either, the soldiers, or Boeing and General Dynamics. Then you have all of the manufacturing plants that supply the raw materials to them. YOu have all the people that provide services to those people. You start cutting too deeply, and it has ripple effects.
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This isn't even factoring in the number of civilians employed on military bases around the country, which again tend to be in areas dominated by Republicans.
I just wish they could be more creative/innovative in encouraging job creation in areas that aren't military, so that there is something in those communities to help cushion potential job loss.
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The DoD is already planning to slash military personnel levels to pre-WW2 levels. That's levels that haven't been seen by the majority of living Americans.
Other DoD expenditures are what keeps a large part of our economy rolling. Fueling the military-industrial complex employs a hell of a lot of people. It's not just the direct links either, the soldiers, or Boeing and General Dynamics. Then you have all of the manufacturing plants that supply the raw materials to them. YOu have all the people that provide services to those people. You start cutting too deeply, and it has ripple effects.
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