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comment by sirmonkey95
sirmonkey95  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The US Army to cut 40,000 soldiers and 17,000 civilians over 2 years

I see all these comments about the US being the world police and what not. But here is my question, what will happen to those 57,000 people that will be out of a job?





user-inactivated  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I imagine they'll still qualify for paid higher education, which will put them well above even footing with everyone else.

OftenBen  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The same thing that's happening to everyone else that's going to be out of work soon because of technology. Some will find new jobs and prosper, some will eke out an existence, some will descend into poverty and probably addiction and madness based on the track record so far.