x6tance t1_je5yc1o wrote on March 29, 2023 at 5:25 PM

No better feeling than knowing that Connecticut's high quality of life is subsidized by the military industrial complex and insurance companies

zodiacsignsaredumb t1_je6b4fs wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:46 PM

I imagine each state has some industry holding it up. All of which can be pretty seedy.

Payment-Main t1_je7k0nb wrote on March 29, 2023 at 11:53 PM

Some of us are proud of what EB does.

Malkor t1_je67kvv wrote on March 29, 2023 at 6:23 PM

Shhh don't tell anyone!

There are opps all over this website.

Bust_A_Nutmeg t1_je9asvc wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:49 AM

Buddy that is the entire modern history of CT

Miles_vel_Day t1_jea82he wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:28 PM

Yeah, I'm a SE CT native and I love that it's so easy for people in my area to get a job that pays really well. It's just a shame that the work they do can't be put towards constructive rather than destructive purposes.

If we ever did cut Pentagon funding, we would definitely need a WPA-type program to scoop up the dislocated workers. At the end of the cold war the government did no such thing, and my hometown was devastated by EB layoffs. "Thankfully," eventually the country became paranoid enough again for the company to thrive, but I do hope that if that needle ever moves in the other direction then workers are given much more support.