I think Ryan did a good job answering all of them. I would only add two things
1). Like Ryan said, people tend to be appreciative of one’s service, but it can vary from state to state. With more conservative states being more pro military/veteran and liberal states like California being indifferent.
Also generally Americas support the troops but our government does a terrible job taking care of them after they leave.
2). I would disagree with Ryan when it comes to our defense contractors. Several audits show that our government is over charged for many things by them. Just ask any military personnel that works in the motor pool.
During the last wars it was estimated that around 45 billion was wasted on waste and fraud.
I don’t believe this is due to criminal activity but is due to lack of over site. Our government knows we are getting ripped off but is ok with it. There is a reason why the F35 is built by suppliers from 48 states. No congress person wants to be responsible for job loses due to limited production.
Every time I watch Ryan's content, I'm reminded that my five bucks a month is well spent! That time with the Ravens and the 175th must have been a blast! Too bad there aren't any two-seater Hogs, they probably would have taken you up for a ride around the bay!
Being in the US and not being bombed is a lazy writer. Japanese used balloons to drop incendiary bombs on the northwestern forests and they had a great effect. One of my roommates was from Washington and his family told him that during the time the Japanese were bombing the government created a press blackout for the entire region. Also in the time from the sixties to the 90’s European community banded together to eliminate tariffs they had the common market they also found loopholes and were underselling our steel industry so between the government not investing in steel and new environmental regulations the steel industry was falling on its face.
My experience with the draft and the war was not a typical. I supported the troops and I didn’t know anything real about the war just what Walter Cronkite said on the news.
There was no reason to invest in additional capacity for machine tools since we had so much available from the war (WW2) but newer technology was being made available and even academics who taught machine tool technology knew we were being beaten by the Japanese and the European countries in design and engineering and manufacturing technology.
On your assessment of why people join the military I believe I’m in the desperate 10 percent.
I couldn’t get the jobs I wanted because I didn’t have the training and most companies were only hiring experienced people.
I endured my time with the Air Force during the transition from post Vietnam to the new leaner mobile force. We could get promoted if we could determine how to eliminate jobs. I didn’t want to get promoted for eliminating other peoples jobs it was distasteful.
There was at least two sergeants I would have liked to eliminate but they knew the game and they were not happy people.
Being in the military did have an impact on the course of my life and made me a better person.
I don’t own a gun or wear a cowboy hat.
Going back home was also very lonely because my connection with the military made me different than the average person.
Military life for me was hard but happy with my buddies. When I separated there was nothing, no buddies no job no people I could relate to.
My buddies used to say that your parents will throw away all your baseball cards I didn’t care about that. I owned three cars when I left my parents saw it as a junkyard and threw 2 away and gave my Toyota to my sister.
When I got back I had no car no money no friends no job. Most people were still afraid of Vietnam veterans, we were just outcasts.
There was no internet no social media and disco music was everywhere.
And tax reform, you haven’t a mechanism to adjust the size of the tax base for the federal government without the agreement of the states, which is crazy. Even if you start reducing spending every year from now, the debt itself won’t head down till after 2060. This is much more of a threat to this “culture”than any external combatant.
Mr. McBeth underestimates himself.
Good job Ryan...so it is true that you are not just another pretty face...those were thoughtful answers.
Good luck Lewis.
I think Ryan did a good job answering all of them. I would only add two things
1). Like Ryan said, people tend to be appreciative of one’s service, but it can vary from state to state. With more conservative states being more pro military/veteran and liberal states like California being indifferent.
Also generally Americas support the troops but our government does a terrible job taking care of them after they leave.
2). I would disagree with Ryan when it comes to our defense contractors. Several audits show that our government is over charged for many things by them. Just ask any military personnel that works in the motor pool.
During the last wars it was estimated that around 45 billion was wasted on waste and fraud.
I don’t believe this is due to criminal activity but is due to lack of over site. Our government knows we are getting ripped off but is ok with it. There is a reason why the F35 is built by suppliers from 48 states. No congress person wants to be responsible for job loses due to limited production.
Anyways. Good questions. Good luck.
Every time I watch Ryan's content, I'm reminded that my five bucks a month is well spent! That time with the Ravens and the 175th must have been a blast! Too bad there aren't any two-seater Hogs, they probably would have taken you up for a ride around the bay!
Being in the US and not being bombed is a lazy writer. Japanese used balloons to drop incendiary bombs on the northwestern forests and they had a great effect. One of my roommates was from Washington and his family told him that during the time the Japanese were bombing the government created a press blackout for the entire region. Also in the time from the sixties to the 90’s European community banded together to eliminate tariffs they had the common market they also found loopholes and were underselling our steel industry so between the government not investing in steel and new environmental regulations the steel industry was falling on its face.
My experience with the draft and the war was not a typical. I supported the troops and I didn’t know anything real about the war just what Walter Cronkite said on the news.
There was no reason to invest in additional capacity for machine tools since we had so much available from the war (WW2) but newer technology was being made available and even academics who taught machine tool technology knew we were being beaten by the Japanese and the European countries in design and engineering and manufacturing technology.
On your assessment of why people join the military I believe I’m in the desperate 10 percent.
I couldn’t get the jobs I wanted because I didn’t have the training and most companies were only hiring experienced people.
I endured my time with the Air Force during the transition from post Vietnam to the new leaner mobile force. We could get promoted if we could determine how to eliminate jobs. I didn’t want to get promoted for eliminating other peoples jobs it was distasteful.
There was at least two sergeants I would have liked to eliminate but they knew the game and they were not happy people.
Being in the military did have an impact on the course of my life and made me a better person.
I don’t own a gun or wear a cowboy hat.
Going back home was also very lonely because my connection with the military made me different than the average person.
Military life for me was hard but happy with my buddies. When I separated there was nothing, no buddies no job no people I could relate to.
My buddies used to say that your parents will throw away all your baseball cards I didn’t care about that. I owned three cars when I left my parents saw it as a junkyard and threw 2 away and gave my Toyota to my sister.
When I got back I had no car no money no friends no job. Most people were still afraid of Vietnam veterans, we were just outcasts.
There was no internet no social media and disco music was everywhere.
And tax reform, you haven’t a mechanism to adjust the size of the tax base for the federal government without the agreement of the states, which is crazy. Even if you start reducing spending every year from now, the debt itself won’t head down till after 2060. This is much more of a threat to this “culture”than any external combatant.