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Principia Discordia => Aneristic Illusions => Topic started by: Requia ☣ on January 09, 2011, 06:55:12 AM

Title: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Requia ☣ on January 09, 2011, 06:55:12 AM
I almost forgot to tell you with all the other crap flying around.  NPR says Robert Gates has decided to slash the military budget, by cutting 47,000 personnel (he's apparently confident that we'll have won in Afghanistan by 2015 when this takes effect).  All carrier groups will stay in place, so you aren't getting that half, sorry.
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: The Johnny on January 09, 2011, 08:29:58 AM

But, but... carriers are like floating cities man, totally, woaaaaaaaaaa

:hippie:
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Requia ☣ on January 09, 2011, 08:47:07 AM
With nobody to operate or maintain them, I don't think they'll be floating much longer.  :lulz:
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Cain on January 09, 2011, 03:34:47 PM
Saw this in the news as well.  Utterly useless.  Getting rid of excess troops does not even begin to scratch the surface of the problems of the US military budget.
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Adios on January 09, 2011, 04:05:55 PM
Quote from: Cain on January 09, 2011, 03:34:47 PM
Saw this in the news as well.  Utterly useless.  Getting rid of excess troops does not even begin to scratch the surface of the problems of the US military budget.

No kidding, all that will do is add more unemployed to the ranks.
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Cain on January 09, 2011, 04:09:28 PM
Hey, it keeps the cost of labour down.
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Adios on January 09, 2011, 04:11:42 PM
You know as well as I that Defense Contractors are and will continue to be, HANDS OFF.
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 09, 2011, 05:07:59 PM
Quote from: Cain on January 09, 2011, 04:09:28 PM
Hey, it keeps the cost of labour down.

:lulz:
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Jasper on January 09, 2011, 07:22:27 PM
Our military is costing 4.6% of our GDP.

That is $649,520,000,000.

And that is terrible.

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We have 1,430,895 personnel in our army.  They're only cutting down by 3.3%.  And they're taking their sweet ass time about it.

This is not the radical move the press would have you believe.
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Requia ☣ on January 09, 2011, 09:56:48 PM
It's not really a budget cut at all.  We need those troops to do basic shit like transporting food and making sure there's clean water (we already don't have enough to that really).  As real troop numbers draw down, our reliance on substantially more expensive military contractors goes up.
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: Jasper on January 09, 2011, 10:30:17 PM
It would have been a lot simpler just to be like "okay, no war, but we're taking all this blood money anyway.  be happy". 

And I would.
Title: Re: You're getting half your wish Roger.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on January 10, 2011, 03:51:55 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on January 09, 2011, 06:55:12 AM
I almost forgot to tell you with all the other crap flying around.  NPR says Robert Gates has decided to slash the military budget, by cutting 47,000 personnel (he's apparently confident that we'll have won in Afghanistan by 2015 when this takes effect).  All carrier groups will stay in place, so you aren't getting that half, sorry.

47,000 is a drop in the bucket, and it isn't where the money is in the first place.
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