Quote:
|
Disagree about the military expenditures. Yeah, some may be unavoidable in the short term. But the long term (10-20 year) plan should be to wean ourselves off dependence on foreign energy resources and oil in general, even if this results in considerable short-term pain. This has been a continual thorn in our side since WW II, and unnecessarily at that.
|
I work for a defense contractor, but I am nearing retirement, so I don't really care what happens to my job. I can say that the effect of cutting defense quickly ( like 10% this year, if it happens) will be felt in the economy, and quite dramatically, IMO.
As for energy, I fully agree. We need to stop sending all that oil money overseas. I think that has gone a long way towards ruining our economy over the last 30 years , and it much of it was avoidable had we stuck with the smaller cars we had in the 80s.