Suppose the wars ended today

[NNN0LHI]

How are we going to employ all the out of work soldiers coming home? With our industrial base gone whats left for them to do? Dying under some bridge broke and homeless?

South Korea recently had a warship sunk(Probably by North Korea), and they are downplaying that? Why do you think that is? Its because they have an unemployment rate of 3.7%. They don't have enough unemployed workers to go to war. If they did they would.

War is off the table for them. Its not even under consideration. Their workers aren't interested in leaving their good paying industrial jobs to go get killed.

I had the same choice in 1973 after High School. I could have enlisted and be sent to Vietnam or I could go to work at the local Ford plant. Which one you think I took?

Don

[The Straight Story]

1. Stick them on the border with Canada to stop the massive flow of illegals from there (nt)

[WinkyDink]

2. That is exactly why we cannot bring home the troops.

And why their deaths aren't a concern.

[Paper Roses]

3. We could establish a civilian corps for infrastructure repair.

Other projects like Habitat for Humanity.
Pay and house the returning unemployed troops with the money saved from the gross, overinflated military budget. End the wars and out troop occupation of every corner of the world. Trillions saved.

For once we could be seen as good guys. I know, never happen.

Of course, along with this plan goes the rule that non-military, non-government administers handle the job.

Halliburton, KBR, and the like need not apply.

[readmoreoften]

4. Oh, come on. There are only about 150,000 fighting troops. They can do what all other

troops did during the 1980s and 1990s.

Many of them are already home--and completely damaged. Sending more young people off to become brain damaged or have their bones disintegrate from depleted uranium isn't doing us any economic good.

These wars are a massive waste of taxpayer money. Military Keynesianism is a joke.

[Enthusiast]

5. I've got to agree with readmoreoften.

And there would be a greater job loss on the part of private contractors. I could care less if private contractor employees lose their jobs.

If we want a 'jobs program' why don't we employ people doing something constructive.