[quote=deadzone]Who are they going to fill it with? And what does that have to do with anything? THe point is the aggregate number of people employed directly or incireclty by the military industrial complex will go down. That is a net drain on spending and the local economy.[/quote]
It’s only a “net drain on the economy” if those employees who are no longer working do not have a sufficient income to be the “SD consumer” they once were or if these displaced workers leave the county in droves with their families in tow.
I don’t see the latter happening because the employees who will be “let go” will be the voluntary (and possibly incentivized) “retirees.”
It’s not going to be the younger, cheaper employee who may be raising a family.
The new Federal “retirees” won’t be going anywhere, IMHO (except to their homes to fill out their direct-deposit form for FERS).
