2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Let's Compare Senator Sanders and H. Clinton on some key issues. [View all]RichVRichV
(885 posts)It's a boon for where the base is and a potential drain on economies elsewhere (via reduced workforce).
If you really want to talk about economic loss to an area then we can look at free trade and loss of industrial jobs oversees. Those jobs aren't simply shifting to another area but instead are leaving the country. And yet politicians keep voting for free trade deals. So much for it all being about the pork.
Now that we've completely jumped the tangent rails, I still don't see what any of this has to do with voting for war apropriations. Those funds are directed to combat zones seperate from normal military spending.
And how you can equate pushing for the storage of war planes in a politicians state to mean a politician is pro-war, when that politician has voted against multiple wars, is beyond me.