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OK just skimmed parts and read conclusion. Going to go back to later but this is an awesome piece I want to point every strictly "Grow Military" republican fri

by bargl 11y ago

OK just skimmed parts and read conclusion. Going to go back to later but this is an awesome piece I want to point every strictly "Grow Military" republican friends I have to as, no don't grow the military but be SMART about allocation of funds in order to strengthen military. Money doesn't make a good anything if it's mismanaged. One thing I've seen is that many government projects get their budget shrunk if they don't spend it all... So they use their entire budget even if they don't need to. That is only one small problem in a hugely broken system. A system that doesn't strive for their goal of "winning wars with minimal cost of life."

kaybe 11y ago
I've seen that a lot, and I've discussed it with quite a few people. I think that a lot of money could be saved if that was changed, though maybe organisation and allocation, making the next budget, could become harder. The sad thing is, most people don't seem to care. I even tried to discuss it with the Minister for Development (I'm in Germany) at some point, since I've been working in a place within his influence and saw people do ridiculous things with money near the end of the year, but he didn't even try to understand what I was talking about (he half-heartedly tried to get some names out of me though). Maybe he was too drunk, I hope he was. (Then again, that particular place I worked at measures their progress towards goals in money spent, and that is what the bosses fret over.) Maybe one of the reasons is that the government tries to stimulate the economy and thus keeps up the spending. Still, talking about austerity at the same time is a mismatch. I'm still trying to figure out this puzzle. Does anyone here have any clues to the situation? Is there a good reason for this rule to exist?

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OK just skimmed parts and read conclusion. Going to go back to later but this is an awesome piece I want to point every strictly "Grow Military" republican fri

by bargl 11y ago

kaybe 11y ago
I've seen that a lot, and I've discussed it with quite a few people. I think that a lot of money could be saved if that was changed, though maybe organisation and allocation, making the next budget, could become harder. The sad thing is, most people don't seem to care. I even tried to discuss it with the Minister for Development (I'm in Germany) at some point, since I've been working in a place within his influence and saw people do ridiculous things with money near the end of the year, but he didn't even try to understand what I was talking about (he half-heartedly tried to get some names out of me though). Maybe he was too drunk, I hope he was. (Then again, that particular place I worked at measures their progress towards goals in money spent, and that is what the bosses fret over.) Maybe one of the reasons is that the government tries to stimulate the economy and thus keeps up the spending. Still, talking about austerity at the same time is a mismatch. I'm still trying to figure out this puzzle. Does anyone here have any clues to the situation? Is there a good reason for this rule to exist?