Some $8.9 billion has already been spent on clean-up the last set of bases that closed, and it will take another $3.6 billion to finish the job, according to the GAO. *
The Office of Economic Adjustment has already spent close to $2 billion to help communities get through the economic dislocation of losing a major military facility.*
That doesn't count the Medicaid, food stamps, public housing etc that the state has had to contribute because of these base closings and lost jobs.
Looking at the new budget,
in just one year, this budget provides a tax cut for millionaires totaling $32 billion.If the government REALLY wanted to save money, why not shave off $7 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy?
Because this isn't what these closings are about. It is about using people's lives and livelihoods as pawns in a political game.
It is about creating political capital. It is about forcing votes and agendas.
When the people who voted for this administration finally can step away from partisan politics, then they will understand that their lives are meaningless to this group of thugs.
It is all about bloodlust and power.
They have been used and lied to by this administration. If they are lucky, there will be a $100 bill on the dresser when they crawl out of bed they have allowed to be made, but chances are, it will only be another worthless IOU.
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