I came across the following map today as I perused through international and sporting news (interestingly found this link while reading about announcer pairings for upcoming bowl games in an SI article). Should anyone be surprised that New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Portland, OR, San Francisco and Los Angeles have the greatest number of people who desire cuts to military spending? I did find it interesting that Maine and Vermont as states were almost completely red (red indicates support for cutting spending in this map), but then again it is really cold in both of those states and they are really near Canada (which I am sure has something to do with everything screwy in this world--a shout out to SS in Ottawa, thanks for sharing with me the level of Canadian support for operations in Afghanistan over the years, makes me rethink a few things about Canadians). Other pockets supporting cutting military spending center on Boston and Madison, WI (no surprises in either of these cases) and just north and west of Denver (which is surprising but maybe not man, cause we got more important things to do here, like find some munchies man).
(see the map above in greater detail at: http://www.isidewith.com/map/75v/support-for-military-spending)
For my two cents, DoD spending does need to be curtailed. I do not, however, have a great plan for how to make these cuts without creating economic issues that would negate the positives of cutting the DoD budget. The question is a tough one but one we need to struggle with as a population.
For my two cents, DoD spending does need to be curtailed. I do not, however, have a great plan for how to make these cuts without creating economic issues that would negate the positives of cutting the DoD budget. The question is a tough one but one we need to struggle with as a population.
Former Governor of Wisconsin, Lee Dreyfuss, described Madison Wi., as "Fifty square miles, surrounded by the real world."
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