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Re:Can the Defense Budget Shrink Without Risking National Se... by thaumasiotes on Saturday November 09, 2013 @07:22AM (#6701442)
If the problem is sending people to be killed, I don't see how a pension for life helps.
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Re:Can the Defense Budget Shrink Without Risking National Se... by mtgx on Saturday November 09, 2013 @08:51AM (#6701608)
Wars would be a lot costlier in the long run, and it would be like basically paying debt on a war you had, for life. But as I said, I fear such a disincentive would actually incentivize them to send more robots to wars.
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