It’s posts like this that make me wonder if it’s really hopeless.
We’re broke. Painting “Army” logos on NASCAR racecars and drag racers etc. at the cost of $7 million a year is not an essential task for our government. I am certain there are much cheaper and more effective ways to reach young citizens. Perhaps high schools should provide a one-day military day at each high school where local vets and recruiters come in to answer questions.
The fact that a majority of Army families like NASCAR is no reason to spend tax payer money on it.
We’re supposed to be fiscal conservatives. One way to prove it is to cut stuff that is more or less “ours”, willingly, without a lot of whining about it.
This strikes me as a perfect opportunity to do so.
Yeah, I am with you. If the Military wants to run a NASCAR team, find a patriotic corporate sponsor. We need to cut ALL non-essential spending and get back to the constitutionally mandated purpose of the fed.
Pentagon NASCAR participation is advertising for them. The Pentagon does not spend this money because they like cars. They do it to get recruits and get their name out there in a positive light.
Shall we stop them from running radio spots, TV spots, magazine ads?
Renting spots in malls? How about sponsoring air shows? Shut down these wasteful air shows!
We could save even more than $7M if we did all these things!
I’ll bet the military TV ad budget is bigger than 7Mil and does not buy the same coverage as NASCAR (they have drag rails too, you know).
If we let this go through, you can bet that other forms of military advertising will be next. Gosh, why would dems be against outreach and advertising by the military they love so much? Must be purely budget consciousness, eh?