Dear Right...

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Closing unnecessary bases and military spending on the whole are two entirely separate issues

They are not separate issues.
The military spends money on military bases.
People lost unnecessary jobs...

So military spending can be wasteful.
I thought we agreed that a whole bunch of money
thrown at any agency by the govt. will produce waste.

There are a heck of a lot of good underpaid men and
women that deserve more money that do some of
the most difficult work of any US citizen. They
risk their mental health, their family structure- it is
a gigantic sacrifice.

And there are a hell of a lot of wasteful paper pushers
in the military. I know some of them. In the reserves
especially.

In general, as institutions get larger and complex,
oversight gets more difficult and waste occurs.
This is why I personally am
so fond of small businesses (like you run).