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"defense": what an expensive lie that word is.
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Funny how they didn't touch the massive defense budget...
"defense": what an expensive lie that word is.
Good news. Thanks for the link.
It's a start. Not nearly enough though. That's $2.5T in spending cuts over 10 years. Last year's defecit was $1.5T. None of those cuts touch defense, SS or medicare either. Sooner or later someone is going to have to acknowledge that massive cuts are required in those 3 programs if we really want to be serious about getting our financial house in order.
Not gonna fly though. I assume choking funding for Obamacare is a non-starter. Hopefully they can sit down and compromise so at least there's some sort of cuts in place in other areas where's there more consensus.
Haha, no cut whatsoever to our massive corn and war subsidies? What a bunch of worthless suckers.
Seems obvious...Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings.
Predictable.Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
Holy our govenment pisses away a ton of money. You would think the GOP and DNC would agree to cut all that fat.
Just curious, what part of the Defense Budget needs to be cut? (Not saying I disagree, just playing a bit of Devil's Advocate.)
So obvious I have to wonder why the we're not already doing it.
It's a start. They are going to have to do this and more, plus hit defense and homeland security hard too before they have a PRAYER of getting the public to support cutting en lements like SS and Medicare. Everybody needs to hurt.
Cutting through attrition is the same as cutting jobs. The end result, it costs jobs.
Republicans want job killing legislation!
I'm certainly in the crowd that doesn't think we need to be the world's policeman, so a reduction in our overseas presence seems acceptable to me. TBH, I didn't have any specific defense cuts in mind, but know that defense, SS & M make up 2/3 of the budget. All three need to be touched to some extent if we're going to make this work.
Only one candidate would have defunded the world police. You didn't vote for him. Why u mad?
Being world police is a joke. Bring what we can back to the states and throw them down on the border. That will keep them busy.
I couldn't tell you off the top of my head, but I have no doubt cuts can be made. Aren't there purchases of equipment that congress makes for the military, that the military doesn't want?
No, attrition is a painless way of making cius, because it doesn't displace any of the workforce.
Big difference.
Do you feel your hair rustle when these things go over your head?
No, just when you throw a basketball at my head, and you miss.
What will the votes be in the senate....50-50?
It wouldn't surprise me if Wyden is a YES vote. He wants to exclude Oregon from the legislation after reading the bill.
They've got to get it past Reid first.
But, I hear there's a plan.
That thing is not getting to the floor without changes...
As it is, it's not getting past the Senate.
Hopefully the Dems jump in there and cut another couple of trillion dollars. Keep on keeping on.
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