We could cut our military spending in half and have enough money to support everyone in this country.
Like I said.
The only problem I see is that the economy would suffer as companies that supply would lose much of their income. I suppose they could survive it if they would just reduce management bonuses for a while and try marketing around the world but due to my cynicism I believe their first (and only) reaction would be massive layoffs (and massive raise to everyone in the management.)
Yeah, that's what would happen. In fact, I'm going to be doing an internship for college in the near future, but since oil prices dropped, all the jobs in my field in the area have disappeared. Haliburton already controlled most of what went on in the industry anyway since they where the biggest purchaser of things. Now the company I was really hoping to get a job with, and is the best company in the area from what I've heard, is actually owned by Haliburton.
I already knew I was pretty much gonna have to sell my soul to the devil, but now I probably can't even get the devil to make me an offer. I can put the internship off for another semester after the current one, in the hope that oil prices go back up. All the non oil related jobs are mostly aerospace and defense industry.