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I was reading a post earlier on a thread that slips my mind, but essentially people were saying certain city economies stay afloat because of defense spending and bases. Well what would you all think of closing just about all foreign bases, and opening more in the USA to actually protect us? To a degree it 'might' boost the economy of cities that aren't doing that well. The only reason I propose this for is because our military budget will never face the reductions I deem feasible, therefore if we must spend that $700 billion annually, lets at least spend $650 billion of that domestically.
Protect us from what? We have the DHS, FBI, NSA and many other alphabet entities that are tasked to do that very thing The national guard can't even be used here unless the governor calls them up. So exactly what would they be protecting unless you want them to implement martial law so as to protect us all.
We currently have the federal reserve printing up 80 billion a month and handing it over to the banks. Why not dole that money out to "prop up" the states? Oh hell then the crooks wouldn't be able to collect interest or invest that money in taxpayer backed investment schemes so that will never happen.
Seems like my thread has been hijacked, but anyways, I'm just looking for way to benefit depressed city economics with our existing budget. I'm not positive if the military has its own construction workers, or would new construction jobs come along with opening new bases but nonethless there would be an increase in jobs in each area. My idea maybe radical, but nonethless the military could build more bases domestically in certain cities to benefit their economies more.
Conservatives love the military, why should it be kept abroad as often as it is when it could be benefitting us back at home a bit more, that's all I'm really saying. If we had it my way, the military budget would probably be at $400 billion annually, while finding ways to spend the $300 billion that would create PERMANENT jobs or at least benefit our economy in the long run. Maybe a few Manhattan Projects but in a more positive scope, working with the private sector to create more nuclear facilities and green energy options, building new highways specifically designed to link ports as opposed to highways to nowhere, and etc. I just want our existing budget to be spent a bit wiser, we honestly need a "Efficiency Movement" because with a budget approaching $4 trillion annually, our economy should be booming.
I agree with the idea to base more troops in the US, but we are due for another round of base closures, not building.
A lot of the construction and engineering trades have been dropped to keep rifles to the front now. It would mostly have to be subcontracted out, we don't even have much in the way of supply troops anymore, that privatized.
LOL; understandable, are you one of the people who posts those threads saying "Good Afternoon Politics ~ KUChief"?
And thank you for agreeing with the idea, surprisingly enough I'm not too fond of more bases but I'd rather new bases be created domestically as opposed to abroad. We need to find a way to push our economy, we need to fuel home sales, we need more consumer spending, we need higher GDP growth, and etc and with our troops being all over the world, they are missing the ability to put what's needed into our economy. Imagine about 170,000 troops benefiting the US economy domestically, that would be far better than having them benefit other countries. Now I'm not suggesting all foreign bases close simply because I don't know the duty of all bases, but nonethless certain bases abroad really aren't needed.
What a great idea the OP has, open a few Marine and Army bases in and around Detroit, new money will flow in and crime will drop radically...
Yup. Military bases and federal government spending is the sole reason certain red states like Texas and South Carolina are staying afloat.
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