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From: hogg@utcsri.UUCP (John Hogg)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: But who pays?
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Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 16:32:12 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 22 16:32:12 1985
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In the past few days, everybody from hawk to dove has been bemoaning the
tragi-comic state of our armed forces.  I agree; all three branches need a
massive infusion of cash, with special fire-fighting attention being paid
to state-of-the-art icebreakers.

Now, for the key question: where's the money going to come from?  The
right-wingers on the net (that's me, in this particular context) won't want
to further increase a massive deficit, and increased taxes generally aren't
popular.  This leaves only cuts in existing expenditure.  To the south of
us, we have the example of Reagan Hood, taking from the poor and giving to
the military.  Is that what we want?  Can anybody give me NUMBERS
indicating how, in the long run, they would come up with sufficient cash to
do anything meaningful?  One-time fire sales ("Sell off Petrocan!") don't
count.  Go to it; I defy anybody to make a concrete, feasible proposal that
even a majority of net posters will be happy with.
-- 

John Hogg
Computer Systems Research Institute, UofT
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