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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow long will it take before we start seeing the savings
from getting out of Iraq and the draw-down in Afghanistan?
Or, since the military has gotten used to the huge amount of money they've been given over the last 12+ years and keep any savings we could be using for infrastructure, education and healthcare?
I can't understand why savings can't be pulled out of the military without downgrading our forces/strength?
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 14, 2013, 10:26 AM - Edit history (2)
Me neither.
(Edited: Peace Dividend, not Peace Bonus.)
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I wasn't paying much attention back then. At least no where near what I see/know/cringe at today.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)we could reduce our insane military expenditures & devote more money to domestic purposes like education, infrastructure, & maybe even health care.
But the Military-Industrial Complex quickly cam up with new threats so we had to keep building tanks, planes & bombs. Actually, the term used wasn't "Peace Bonus;" it was Peace Dividend.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)so magnificently from these wars do understand. That's why they buy our politicians so that there will never be a majority in Congress that will have the balls to cut out all that corporate welfare.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Just thinking.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I forget how much it cost/month in Iraq. I realize there are expenses in coming home, but a lot of that expense is what we pay whether they are sitting in the US or moving equipment home.
Just curious.