Not on my toe. (Defense Secretary Dick Cheney's plan to close some military bases are opposed by some members of Congress) (American Survey)

Economist (US), The, April, 1991

NIMBY (not in my back yard) describes the attitude of people who want change, provided that it does not affect their own neighbourhoods. Congress has developed an advanced version: CHENEY (Congressmen Hate Every Needed EconomY). They have long known that the Defence Department runs too many military bases, but they oppose closing any of them because some member's district will suffer and, well, we all have to stick together, don't we?

This turbocharged NIMBYism appeared with a vengeance on April 12th when Mr Dick Cheney, the defence secretary, unveiled a proposal to wind up 31 big bases in the United States, plus a dozen smaller ones. (The American army also announced that 27 military installations in Europe would be shut by 1995, in addition to the 150 foreign...

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