last paragraphs or so talk about how the system is failed, and even with the massive amounts of cash the gov't tosses at AgriBusiness, food is still expensive. So STOP.
We've seen, in every possible field, how the fastest way to raise the price of something is to let somenone know the G men are helping buy. Suddenly, concrete doubles in price, so does fertilizer and so on...
About the off shore bases tho, sure we can't afford them but really I would rather see us (idealistic, I know) get rid of them for other reasons. Like, you know, we should not be so imperialistic as to plant our soldier on every part of the globe. In the end, it will only be about the money, so in that regard I'd love to see a breakdown of how much each base costs per year.
As for the military side of things, our core doctrine of defense is to make sure that we can apply force anywhere in the globe whenever we need to. The purpose of this is to keep wars that we are interested in from getting out of control.
With the collapse of the imperial powers of the 20th Centruy we were the only ones left to really fill the roles that they held before WW2. Is it still needed? Probably. Should we be doing it? Probably.
As far as Imperialists go we are pretty benevolent, usually to a fault. We engage in questionable activities to preserve stability, but would our questionable activites be worse than China, our likely successor? Probably not.
The bases that have real stratigic value I think we should keep, those that are distant from hostile territory we should probably return to the friendlies with a use agreement.
http://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2010/03/when_cheap_food_isnt_cheap.php?utm_source=networkbanner&utm_medium=link
last paragraphs or so talk about how the system is failed, and even with the massive amounts of cash the gov't tosses at AgriBusiness, food is still expensive. So STOP.
We've seen, in every possible field, how the fastest way to raise the price of something is to let somenone know the G men are helping buy. Suddenly, concrete doubles in price, so does fertilizer and so on...
About the off shore bases tho, sure we can't afford them but really I would rather see us (idealistic, I know) get rid of them for other reasons. Like, you know, we should not be so imperialistic as to plant our soldier on every part of the globe. In the end, it will only be about the money, so in that regard I'd love to see a breakdown of how much each base costs per year.
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With the collapse of the imperial powers of the 20th Centruy we were the only ones left to really fill the roles that they held before WW2. Is it still needed? Probably. Should we be doing it? Probably.
As far as Imperialists go we are pretty benevolent, usually to a fault. We engage in questionable activities to preserve stability, but would our questionable activites be worse than China, our likely successor? Probably not.
The bases that have real stratigic value I think we should keep, those that are distant from hostile territory we should probably return to the friendlies with a use agreement.
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