Repub defense budget cutters

[Lisa & Ian Murray]

how about a land reclamation/ecosystem restoration bill that reduced
unemployment   why must the war machine be the employer of first resort when
a deep recession hits?  it's another stupid cul de sac..."they" could start
with rocky flats and then clean up the rest of colorado, cancer alley and
then the rest of the country..lots of multipliers lie in waiting...

ian


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Max Sawicky
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:04 AM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: RE: Repub defense budget cutters
>
>
> >Has there arisen a Republican sub-constituency for cutting the
> >defense budget?  Some gathering of old fashioned fiscal conservatives and
> >neo-isolationists, perhaps?  So far, I'm all for it.
>
> yes, there has.  Some of them would rather cut taxes,
> others pay off public debt.  Their steadfastness is
> not always of the utmost.  Right now the tax cut/lockbox
> bill if passed (it won't) would put a severe strain
> on defense.  To some extent, it supported because it
> won't pass, possibly reflecting some appetite for
> defense spending.
>
> Here's an unappealing choice for you.  Suppose the
> market tanks and unemployment goes up to nine percent.
> Would you reject a defense bill that reduced UE by
> several million people, in favor of fiscal austerity?
> You can say there are better alternatives, and of
> course there are, but they are not always available.
>
> mbs
>