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Is the US military the most bloated employer?
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:38 am
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:38 am
I saw some gameplay of MW3 the other day and why do we need so many soldiers? Wars are fought with missiles nukes etc. who cares about Timmy with a gun? We should cut down infantry spend and focus more on technology like small drone warfare.
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Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:40 am to fareplay
Yes, the US Government is the most bloated employer in history.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:41 am to fareplay
3 letters: MIC
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:41 am to fareplay
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:42 am to fareplay
Is the US military the most bloated employer?
---no, the IRS is
---no, the IRS is
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:42 am to fareplay
Do we really care that much about infantry? I feel like we’re one of the few countries in the world where you’re not required to serve in the military.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:42 am to fareplay
The US government overall is the most over employed entity in the world. And the idiots currently in charge want to make it bigger. Starting with the IRS.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:42 am to fareplay
I think the war in Ukraine has shown that you have to have lots of bodies on the battlefield. Technology only gets you so far, you have to put boots on the ground to take and hold land.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:44 am to Chromdome35
Their* technology only goes so far. You think we send them the best and latest?
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:44 am to cypresstiger
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Is the US military the most bloated employer?
---no, the IRS is
I wouldn't call the IRS bloated as much as unnecessary. They are properly sized for the way the system is set up right now...but we should have a consumption based Fair Tax, and all but eliminate the need for >95% of the IRS.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:45 am to fareplay
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why do we need so many soldiers?
You'll always need boots on the ground.
As far as government spending is concerned, the US military is always the last expenditure I complain about. The government is constitutionally obligated to provide for the defense of this country.
I'd rather they clean up pork spending, money to Ukraine, etc... before they start cutting defense spending.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:48 am to fareplay
The U.S. Postal Service would like a word.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:50 am to Tantal
All 30 of them?
I feel every highschool male with a 2.0 gpa goes to the military
I feel every highschool male with a 2.0 gpa goes to the military
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:53 am to fareplay
So they wouldn’t take you because of the gay?
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:54 am to fareplay
US FedGov is the answer, but, as others have said, not really the military.
Nukes and missiles are great if you want to wipe out a city or are fighting on an open battlefield, but if you want to take and hold ground, especially in urban areas, you have to have the manpower to do it on foot. As much of a boondoggle as the Iraq war was, there is no way the US could have cleared those cities of ISIS/Al-Queada forces without boots on the ground and house to house searches.
HHS has close to 80,000 employees and a budget of over $1.5 trillion a year. Just the CDC has nearly 11,000 FTE employees and another 5,000 contractors, and has a budget of over $11 billion.
Nukes and missiles are great if you want to wipe out a city or are fighting on an open battlefield, but if you want to take and hold ground, especially in urban areas, you have to have the manpower to do it on foot. As much of a boondoggle as the Iraq war was, there is no way the US could have cleared those cities of ISIS/Al-Queada forces without boots on the ground and house to house searches.
HHS has close to 80,000 employees and a budget of over $1.5 trillion a year. Just the CDC has nearly 11,000 FTE employees and another 5,000 contractors, and has a budget of over $11 billion.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:57 am to fareplay
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I saw some gameplay of MW3 the other day and why do we need so many soldiers? Wars are fought with missiles nukes etc. who cares about Timmy with a gun? We should cut down infantry spend and focus more on technology like small drone warfare.
Well your army of tech nerds will be fine until the first EMP is released.
Good luck begging Timmy to protect you after that.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 12:04 pm to fareplay
Umpteen other govt entities are exponentially more bloated and many of those are completely non essential
Posted on 1/22/24 at 12:04 pm to fareplay
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I feel every highschool male with a 2.0 gpa goes to the military
Get your grades up and you can join up too
Posted on 1/22/24 at 12:06 pm to fareplay
U.S. Universities should be in the running for that honor.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 12:07 pm to fareplay
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I saw some gameplay of MW3 the other day and why do we need so many soldiers? Wars are fought with missiles nukes etc. who cares about Timmy with a gun? We should cut down infantry spend and focus more on technology like small drone warfare.
the answer to your question is probably yes, but not for the reasons you listed. we dont have too many troops. we have way way WAY too many bullshite civilian employees and contractors doing absolutely frick all.
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