Well...I think I would like a scale down in "certain" military projects
more so than closing any base.
One's potential use vs. actual projections of power that help the local economy & our soldiers.
I'd like to get rid of most subsidies...if you can't make a profit at it...get the fuck out.
If you scale down the military spending (the pork, not the substance)
and get rid of the subsidies.
http://64.177.207.201/pages/8_11.html (BTW, I don't support the group, it was just a nice chart from a google search)
http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-ds021397.html (BTW...this a decent org...Libertarian)
Then you should actually have more than enough money to spread to the needed departments.
Maybe even enough to satisfy the "classic liberal"
Although I'd still say the best stats & info I've seen come out,
and are unfortunately not followed up on enough is from the
GAO.
(General Accounting Office...the investigative branch of congress)
Geez...the waste they find out about is scary.
But I think...the Republican party needs to stop catering to "big business" so much.
and look what's good for the people overall, and thus the nation.
They would be able to pull the rug out from under the Dems feet if they did so.
Just like they did recently with Medicare.
How do the liberals & Dems compete with that?
Now...if they can just get their spending habits under control,
and trim the fat off their pork....or even better eliminate pork from their diet.
