Framing "no trans" policy in terms of cost is ludicrous -- associated medical expenses would be a minuscule fraction of the military budget.pic.twitter.com/CtQx4i2Gku
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It's not a matter of cost: that's a pretext. It's a matter of Culture War grievance-mongering & scapegoating a vulnerable class of citizens.
(Data on projected medical expenses from 2016 RAND study: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1530.html …)
Why would they care? They pass most of that cost on to the service members. They have to pay for their uniforms.
Pentagon routinely oppresses trans and non-trans all over the world and hardly any liberal bats an eye. See how that works Michael?
Uh, isn't that what the Armed Forces are supposed to do?
I love how rationale for sending 4000 more troops to Afg. is "to break a stalemate in a war that has now passed to a 3rd Commander in Chief"
and private contract from Rumsfeld (at least), on, have been completely impossible to account for impossible to know what we've spent
Trump is watching. This is only the very beginning of his administration. He can't do it all, but will spawn a new generation of citizens.
The point is the military is a collective w/ a mission & not meant to indulge "vulnerable citizens". They need not apply.
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