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Is the military industrial complex a form of white collar entitlement?
Posted on 3/18/17 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 3/18/17 at 2:48 pm
Thoughts? We could have at least frozen the current defense budget for a couple of years and given some time for the DOD to come up with a list of wasteful programs that they could cut. Increased spending should have come after they proved that they can indeed cut the fat and focus spending on the best ROI programs.
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Posted on 3/18/17 at 2:55 pm to stendulkar
The military industrial complex is made stronger by the strangulation of federal hiring. Institutional knowledge in defense programs shifts ever more to the contractors due to fewer and fewer feds and military rotating out every 3 or so years
Posted on 3/18/17 at 2:56 pm to stendulkar
We are already fighting in the GT23 thread. Join us there.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 3:44 pm to stendulkar
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Thoughts? We could have at least frozen the current defense budget for a couple of years and given some time for the DOD
You do know a 1/4 of the $560 billion in the budget is for salaries and benefits including retirees.Do you want to go after that?
You REALLY want to save money on almost ALL government procurement including DOD?Do away with 8A contracting.
It will save BILLIONS.I deal with federal contracts occasionally and it drives up costs by a minimum 10% on every contract I've been involved with.My last was over $2.3 million.
8A's are a complete scam and the ones I've dealt with don't even employ the people they are designed to help.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 3:48 pm to stendulkar
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Is the military industrial complex a form of white collar entitlement?
No, it's a white-collar welfare / jobs program.
Some defense companies have offices in every congressional district, so that any cut in the budget will directly effect constituents and potentially cost someone a congressional seat.
When you learn that, it's hard not to see defense spending as a sham.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 3:59 pm to stendulkar
Posted on 3/18/17 at 4:20 pm to stendulkar
No. If they were an entitlement the liberals would have no problem giving them the bump.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 4:20 pm to stendulkar
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Increased spending should have come after they proved that they can indeed cut the fat and focus spending on the best ROI programs.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 5:03 pm to stendulkar
Yes
Posted on 3/18/17 at 6:48 pm to stendulkar
Yes.
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