Submitted by Familiar-Treacle-995 t3_11drqet in Connecticut
BlizBlitz t1_jacr46s wrote
Reply to comment by marxianthings in Electric Boat looking to hire 5,700 as it expands faster than it has in decades by Familiar-Treacle-995
It’s just socialism with extra steps, that’s why it won’t ever go away. If we stopped funding these companies rn we would become a welfare state. If the gov really wanted to change they would have to do some big investments in some type of new industry (energy?) but even then I’m not sure how many jobs would be there, we have Pratt, EB and Sikorsky basically running the state in jobs.
marxianthings t1_jacshb4 wrote
Yeah the defense industry lobby is strong. And its fortified by obviously people who rely on those jobs.
The change would have to come from a federal level. That is why I liked the idea of the Green New Deal because it would have injected tons of money into building infrastructure, energy, etc. that we need and might've given us an alternative to defense sector jobs.
It will take a massive cultural and economic shift for sure.
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