Ah, American Exceptionalism. I was wondering when that little canard was going to be raised.
Also forcing people to work a particular job is kind of morally reprehensible. At that point, you basically have debt slavery (hey, you can pick cotton under horrible conditions or you can eat, totally up to you).
As for a cut in the military budget meaning a removal of your forces from Japan... that's not what he proposed. The budget for military personnel only accounts for one quarter of your budget. You could certainly step down stuff like your weapons development program and your Operations budget (by say, stopping two costly wars) without having to fire a single soldier or close a single military base (except for the one in Iraq, fuck that one).
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Also forcing people to work a particular job is kind of morally reprehensible. At that point, you basically have debt slavery (hey, you can pick cotton under horrible conditions or you can eat, totally up to you).
As for a cut in the military budget meaning a removal of your forces from Japan... that's not what he proposed. The budget for military personnel only accounts for one quarter of your budget. You could certainly step down stuff like your weapons development program and your Operations budget (by say, stopping two costly wars) without having to fire a single soldier or close a single military base (except for the one in Iraq, fuck that one).
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