Thousands of California soldiers forced to repay enlistment bonuses
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#2So much of war is already unapologetically about about money. This is just adding insult to injury.
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#3“We’d be more than happy to absolve these people of their debts. We just can’t do it. We’d be breaking the law.”
Ok. There's a law, a bad law that needs to be changed. Is Congress so dysfunctional it can't fix this monstrosity?
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#5Idiots all the way to the top, looks like something only the President or Congress can remedy
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#6The article doesn't quote anyone from California's Congressional delegation, or from the White House. Is there really no reaction here? We're talking about a few million dollars from the federal government to relieve an awful situation.
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#7So much of war is already unapologetically about about money. This is just adding insult to injury.
Looking down Wikipedia's list of active conflicts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflict...), it's hard to believe that money is a primary cause of any of them. I'm sure someone somewhere is making a profit, but that's different from the conflict being "about money".
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#8Elsewhere, a for-profit prison extended their contract[1] with Feds barely a month after the Department of Justice said it would end[2] contracts with private prison operators.
[1] https://twitter.com/i/moments/789498562904293376
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/1...
These are pretty quick u-turns by an establishment that's confident about business as usual following elections. Gravy-train!
Re: Thousands of California soldiers forced to repay enlistment bonuses
#9The article doesn't quote anyone from California's Congressional delegation, or from the White House. Is there really no reaction here? We're talking about a few million dollars from the federal government to relieve an awful situation.
Personally, as a Californian I'm calling everybody on my chain-of-legislation on Monday.
Re: Thousands of California soldiers forced to repay enlistment bonuses
#10So much of war is already unapologetically about about money. This is just adding insult to injury.
Looking down Wikipedia's list of active conflicts ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflict... ), it's hard to believe that money is a primary cause of any of them. I'm sure someone somewhere is making a profit, but that's different from the conflict being "about money".
I'd say it's the primary cause of the Mexican drug war. Perhaps the exception that proves the rule on that page.