Ron Paul wants to build more bases in the U.S.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Oh I am not talking of new troops

but the ones meant for the drawdown. We are going to be drawing forces down by iirc 200,000 troops. It is a really bad idea to release that many people into the economy right now. So this is a way to keep them in the force, not to get new troops in, and literally retrain them while at it. Many of these are combat troops and unless you are going for law enforcement or a few other jobs in the civilian world, a combat soldier is hardly prepared for the civilian world.

Ideally we should also have a parallel WPA to go fix roads, bridges and high schools. It is truly to keep people employed and spending. What is it that FDR said? If need be hire a person to dig the hole and a second one to fill the hole.

But no, this is not to get a militarized WPA but to keep the soldiers aimed for a drawdown employed. The Navy alone should shed 30K sailors. And no, no new enlistments until somebody is out of the force.