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jmowreader

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9. If you mean "don't grow the military" then I'm in agreement

Reply to Corgigal (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 05:18 PM

Feb 2018

The majority of military people only stay in between 4 and 8 years; to keep the military at the same size it is now we have to recruit continuously.

However! General Secretary Trump has stated he wants to increase the number of people on active duty. Between the tax slash he already did and the drunken-sailor budget he wants, even if we cut military pay - which I wouldn't put past Trump to try - we can't afford the military we have, much less the one he wants.

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Agreed Corgigal Feb 2018 #4

If you mean "don't grow the military" then I'm in agreement jmowreader Feb 2018 #9

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