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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Mar 20, 2011 16:04:37 GMT -6
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Post by waltc on Mar 20, 2011 17:08:02 GMT -6
Nobody cares about sick people or those needing health care.
It's more important that we build expensive useless weapons like the F-22, F-35, Next gen carrier, etc. For our global military empire.
Notice that no mainstream politico is even talking about cutting military spending and killing fat cat programs like the F-35. It's off the table.
It's like Chalmer's Johnson prediction that our military budget will be the last thing to be cut even as our nation collapses into 3rd world status.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Mar 21, 2011 1:07:31 GMT -6
Of the $696 billion of the Military budget, only $157 billion goes to paying wages and salaries. $80 billion goes to weapons research. $111 billion goes to operations and maintenance. $77 billion goes to a slush fund under the label of "Defense Working Capital." $136 billion goes to "procurement." Here are my suggested cuts: 1) -$80 billion by complete elimination of weapons research. 2) -$77 billion by complete elimination of "Defense Working Capital." 3) -$50-60 billion from operations and maintenance by complete withdrawal from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Germany. 4) -$70 billion by cutting "procurement" in half (following our withdrawal from the 3 countries listed above.) That's -$277 billion eliminated from Federal spending right there. (See Military Spending)
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