Redefine BRAC - final assignment draft

Proposal: 

Reduce the number of  homeless veterans in Los Angeles by using army bases destined to be closed by the government (BRAC).

Name: Redefine BRAC

My Take: I admire and feel indirectly affected by those who serve our country. My cousin, Katrina, just graduated Naval Academy at Annapolis. My grandpa, currently living, is a two time veteran, once for WWII, once for Korea.

Sometimes, war tears families apart. Postwar my grandpa changed, and felt the need to leave his family and pursue another life in Northern California. I hold no grudge against him for this, he is one of my favorite people to go and visit. However, I do see a problem in displacing people to protect our citizens, and then letting them live on the streets.

Problem 1: Homelessness in Los Angeles, specifically homeless veterans
-30,000 homeless veterans in Los Angeles.
-Congressman Ted Lieu addresses this problem in his platform
-Is it Ethical to allow this...?
-I don't think so.
-https://lieu.house.gov/

Problem 2: BRAC
-"BRAC, which stands for Base Realignment and Closure, is the congressionally authorized process DoD has used to reorganize its base structure to more efficiently and effectively support our forces, increase operational readiness and facilitate new ways of doing business."
http://www.acq.osd.mil/brac/

AMDP:
Use existing infrastructure of bases to be realigned or closed to house homeless veterans. Acquire funding from people interested in the cause - stress need to educate homeless veterans with technical skills that can allow them to assimilate into society with well paying jobs. Possible funding from Microsoft, or other large tech company, to provide the technology and education funding. Bases need to be rebuilt to accommodate for housing, medical, psychology, and education.

Reading #3 - Politically Incorrect

"It is not that communities aren't capable of recognizing the effects of good or bad policies on the ground. However, the strong sense of trust that micro-nations have in their leaders often predominates. Communities may not have enough information to know that the person may be the wrong leader (that they may, indeed, be traveling in the wrong bus), and they may refuse to hear other perspectives that are critical of them."

This quote reminds me of our election process in the United States. "Communities may not have enough information to know that the person may be the wrong leader," even in the United States where we supposedly have all the advantages of modern day technology, web research abilities, and televised campaigns.

Our country has gotten so much larger than it was and is so much more diverse than it was when it was founded. Additionally, media coverage of the campaigns is really the only way our citizens can observe the campaigns. The result, in my opinion, is a lack of connection with our leaders, something that used to be vitally important in the pre-television campaign days. Media is so easily influenced by forces other than the presidential candidate, and that is arguably a good thing. However, the quality of those outside opinions and the degree to which they influence the popular vote is scary to me.