11-19-2021, 07:51 AM
I've often raised the issue of decentralization. I am convinced that God intends to break the US apart, and that the states should consciously work toward independence from the imperial capital in order to lessen the effects of God's wrath on America. I've been praying for my own state leadership to at least be in the forefront of this movement.
So, recently our Gov. Stitt has pushed back against the DoD vaccine madate. It's a good thing, but it will be expensive. Over the past few decades, the state leadership has worked very hard to convince the federal government to invest a great deal in centralizing the shrinking pie of defense aircraft maintenance investment in Tinker AFB. Every accommodation Tinker has requested has been granted. A main thoroughfare were recently closed off to provide a secure perimeter for moving aircraft between contracted facilities and the main base. The state has encouraged a very large investment in supporting shopping and dining facilities just outside the main gate of Tinker. Tinker employs an army of residents at relatively high wages.
This is altogether likely to evaporate, and will do so all the more quickly if our state leadership stays on the current course. As the linked article says, the DoD is notorious for finding leverage to punish any resistance to their soulless policies. I hope and pray that Oklahoma's leadership will maintain the resolve necessary to absorb this kind of loss. Even if we have ways we can re-purpose all that economic horsepower on our own, it would take quite some time to get it all geared up.
Are you aware of issues in our own state that reflect this kind of challenge?
So, recently our Gov. Stitt has pushed back against the DoD vaccine madate. It's a good thing, but it will be expensive. Over the past few decades, the state leadership has worked very hard to convince the federal government to invest a great deal in centralizing the shrinking pie of defense aircraft maintenance investment in Tinker AFB. Every accommodation Tinker has requested has been granted. A main thoroughfare were recently closed off to provide a secure perimeter for moving aircraft between contracted facilities and the main base. The state has encouraged a very large investment in supporting shopping and dining facilities just outside the main gate of Tinker. Tinker employs an army of residents at relatively high wages.
This is altogether likely to evaporate, and will do so all the more quickly if our state leadership stays on the current course. As the linked article says, the DoD is notorious for finding leverage to punish any resistance to their soulless policies. I hope and pray that Oklahoma's leadership will maintain the resolve necessary to absorb this kind of loss. Even if we have ways we can re-purpose all that economic horsepower on our own, it would take quite some time to get it all geared up.
Are you aware of issues in our own state that reflect this kind of challenge?