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0 pointsunethical_ban4y ago0 comments

In America, we have a gigantic public works program known as the US Military, with guaranteed work, free college, public health insurance and a pension if you stay in long enough.

Why not do it for just about every critical part of life? Why only do it for the "being ready to kill adversaries" subset?

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jes4y ago· 1 in thread

Doesn’t every (US) government job provide most of that, except maybe free college?

If you work for the IRS or the USPS, don’t you get guaranteed work, public health insurance and a pension after some number of decades of service?

unethical_banOP4y ago

I'm talking about expanding what jobs are federally funded and guaranteed. In the context of this thread and supply chain security, I'm talking about a federally subsidized chipmaking industry for national security purposes.

More broadly I think about all teachers and first responders.

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