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Originally Posted by Haven
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President elected
Economy near collapse – President cuts military spending. Troop withdrawals begine from Iraq and other overseas military bases. Some military base closings similar to the 1990’s and the majority of the new weapons programs are scraped or put on hold due to lack of funding. Canadian and Mexican boarders are now more vulnerable due to lack of funding but this is nothing new to the boarder patrol. Police and state defense spending is also cut as states struggle to balance the budget. Crime rates climb. Unemployment rises. Anti-government groups grow in popularity nation wide as it appears another period of UN over USA begins.
President federalizes failing US automakers to keep them open and to provide the American public with alternative energy vehicles as gas prices soar.
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Nice background Haven!
As I read this remember Mad Max which I just watched (again!) on cable last night. I get images of society painfully but steadily running downhill. Crime out of control and player characters who are in the MFP overwhelmed just trying to keep the peace. All the while, gasoline and even batteries and bullets are beginning to be rationed all around....
Its sad but where I come from, this appears to be pretty much a problem the military and police already have been dealing with for a long time.