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the answer, in a sentence, is that military spending is holy & untouchable.
same with social security/medicare. the politics are such that it is impossible to cut the program. if you do, you are "opposed" to national security, or to seniors. so we now have a situation where the pentagon is incapable of leaving some places, like okinowa, germany, & korea, wars that were over 2 generations ago.
as with all issues in DC it comes back to special interests leeching the public dime, & a political class for sale to those special interests. & nothing the common man can do about it cept talk about bitcoins.
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