Wonder how the sudden surge of returning soldiers will go with the economy in free-fall and

[allgood33]

prices steadily going up and food stamps being cut? With all the hate Trump has engendered among his supporters it could get uglier out there.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. There aren't so many that it will affect the economy.

There are only 2,000 in Syria. Supposedly about 7,000 of the 14,000 now in Afghanistan will return but it isn't clear when that will be. The total numbers are not enough to make a difference in the economy, however.

[Basic LA]

2. They're not being discharged.

They're still in the service until individual enlistments are up, no matter where they're posted.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. They will be reasigned to the Southern border.

watch and see..

[wasupaloopa]

4. The economy is not in free fall. Unless you are joining trump's people and causing

people needless worries.

[Andy823]

8. Exactly!

nt

[AlexSFCA]

5. stock market is not the same as economy

unemployment is still low and wages are slowly rising.

[Igel]

6. Are all the returning soldiers going to be discharged upon arrival?

Otherwise they'll just return to something like a normal duty rotation. I mean, I know a guy who's being deployed in January to S. Korea.

14k?

As of last year, there were around 35k in S. Korea and 40k in Japan. That's 75,000 right there.

In November there were already 6M unemployed or "not working". 14k is a token amount. If you create 150k jobs--around the low figure for recent months--that 14k is soaked up at under 10% of the new jobs. The workforce is large. 14k is a rounding error.

If they were called up as part of the reserve, the jobs they had are still waiting. It means a few people working less overtime to fill in or fewer temp openings.

[bluedigger]

7. They'll all be buying cars and playstations when they get back.

Not enough of them to make much national impact, but the dancers in all the clubs just outside the post gates will be happy for a few weeks.

[Ms. Toad]

9. Mmmmm . . . . spend the money in the US that they had been spending in Syria?

but since it's only 20,000 of them out of a population of ~ 325 million, probably won't change much.