Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 18, 2002 02:42 AM
I actually don't have an issue with contractors in the military; it was more of a joke than anything serious. I think that, generally, employees of the military should be soldiers, sailors, etc. doing the job of the military, preparing for conflict. In fact, I was thinking it might be a better idea to scrap the separate branches of the military we currently have and establish a unified military for the US. Having multiple, separate command and control structures, breaucracies, etc. is a waste of money. I want the most defense for the least amount of money, so having separate branches of military with duplicated overhead makes no sense anymore.
And while we're at it, we should scrap some of the more useless weapons procurement projects we're currently engaged in. The Osprey, for instance, appears to serve no purpose apart from periodically killing marines in tests. Also, national missle defense is a gargantuan waste of cash. And whoever tells you differently is selling something, probably involving expensive hardware.
I'd rather have the tax dollars I pay spent on social programs, particularly universal healthcare. I'm not entirely naive, I realize that the above suggestions couldn't happen because there's too much political wrangling involved.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 18, 2002 02:42 AMIn fact, I was thinking it might be a better idea to scrap the separate branches of the military we currently have and establish a unified military for the US. Having multiple, separate command and control structures, breaucracies, etc. is a waste of money. I want the most defense for the least amount of money, so having separate branches of military with duplicated overhead makes no sense anymore.
And while we're at it, we should scrap some of the more useless weapons procurement projects we're currently engaged in. The Osprey, for instance, appears to serve no purpose apart from periodically killing marines in tests. Also, national missle defense is a gargantuan waste of cash. And whoever tells you differently is selling something, probably involving expensive hardware.
I'd rather have the tax dollars I pay spent on social programs, particularly universal healthcare. I'm not entirely naive, I realize that the above suggestions couldn't happen because there's too much political wrangling involved.
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