the u.s. government wanted to save money by closing some oftheir millitary bases throughout the united states. whilemany people agreeded that saving money was a desirable goal, areaspotentially affected by selection to close reacted negatively. congress selected a panelof people whos task wasto develope a list of bases that would close with legislation specifying that congress could not alter the list.
since the goal was to save money, why was this problem so hard to solve?