How long will it take before we start seeing the savings

[Frustratedlady]

from getting out of Iraq and the draw-down in Afghanistan?

Or, since the military has gotten used to the huge amount of money they've been given over the last 12+ years and keep any savings we could be using for infrastructure, education and healthcare?

I can't understand why savings can't be pulled out of the military without downgrading our forces/strength?

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Remember the Peace Dividend after the end of the Cold War?

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Me neither.

(Edited: Peace Dividend, not Peace Bonus.)

[Frustratedlady]

5. Not sure what you mean.

I wasn't paying much attention back then. At least no where near what I see/know/cringe at today.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. When the Cold War ended, everyone thought

we could reduce our insane military expenditures & devote more money to domestic purposes like education, infrastructure, & maybe even health care.

But the Military-Industrial Complex quickly cam up with new threats so we had to keep building tanks, planes & bombs. Actually, the term used wasn't "Peace Bonus;" it was Peace Dividend.

[Frustratedlady]

10. Gotcha! Peace Dividend rang a bell. Thanks! eom

[Cleita]

2. Nobody can understand. However, the military/industrial complex that profits

so magnificently from these wars do understand. That's why they buy our politicians so that there will never be a majority in Congress that will have the balls to cut out all that corporate welfare.

[Frustratedlady]

6. Well, maybe we should start asking the questions?

Just thinking.

[pipoman]

3. All branches are reducing numbers, and have been for a couple of years..

[Frustratedlady]

4. So, we must have some money lying around, eh?

I forget how much it cost/month in Iraq. I realize there are expenses in coming home, but a lot of that expense is what we pay whether they are sitting in the US or moving equipment home.

Just curious.

[Cleita]

7. The money is being diverted to the manufacturers and contractors. n/t

[pipoman]

8. Always works like that it seems..