Re: "Some" Ada jobs in the Chicago area

[<U54294@uicvm.uic.edu>]

In article <EMERY.95Jan26162140@goldfinger.mitre.org>, emery@goldfinger.mitre.org (David Emery) says:
>
>>   You're exactly right. But I haven't heard any military brass turning
>>down the money for big-ticket items either, and demanding a change in
>>priorities.
>
>Then you haven't been listening.  Mr. Perry directed a priority
>movement of funding from other parts of the DoD budget into personnel
>support, e.g. housing, repair and utilities, etc.  He expressed a
>willingness to accept decreased readiness levels to raise the standard
>of living for the troops.  In particular, he directly stated that he
>was willing to cancel some acquisition programs to provide this
>funding, if necessary.
>
   Excellent. Let's see: 20 military and civilian deaths in the Osprey
program so far, did he propose canning it? Then there's the B-2, the
strategic bomber in search of a strategy (and enemy). Not to mention the
few-million still going into SDI each year.
   I see I'm getting way off subject here. So were you. The original note
spoke to the subject of quite generous relocation allowance mentioned
by a Northrop employee, this in a time of Defence "downsizing", which isn't
really occurring. Oh, many people are being laid-off, certainly. But the
DoD budget has fallen 8% since 1987, not counting special appropriations
for things like Haiti, Somalia, Gulf War, etc. (and not counting the DoE).
And it appears that DoD's budget will be rising again soon, thanks to the
new congress. I was simply expressing my frustration as a taxpayer having
to pay for all this, without much to show in return.
   This is way off the subject of Ada, and is no reflection on that
excellent programming language. I apologize for straying so far from it.
Any and all are welcome to continue this discussion "out-of-band."
+------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| "I would have preferred that | Nick Geovanis     U54294@uicvm.uic.edu |
|    you smell of garlic."     | Consultant                             |
|       Emperor Vespasian,     | Technical Support Group, Inc.          |
|          demoting a perfumed | 360 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 1005        |
|          officer, c. 70 AD.  | Chicago, IL.  60601  Tel: 312-704-5100 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+