Pentagon plants to shrink army to pre WW2 level

Great - more super aggressive former military patrolling the streets as policemen

We need to cut the huge pork contracts and wasteful spending, not the relatively cheap jobs that the soldiers have.

quote:

---

Article was short on specifics, but it seemed like the cuts were to monetary compensation for military personnel, which should not be on the table.

---

And why not? The military sells itself as a job...most of the people in the military are there because it is a job first...there are wages involved. The market for these jobs is smaller than it has been....thus the price of that labor is lower than it has been.


The military is bloated with people....we have been on a war footing for what, 12 years now??? the number of people needed now is just not what it was and as everyone who worships at the alter of the market when demand drops and supply is abundant prices will plummet.

I don't like the idea of military pay cuts anymore than anyone else BUT they make sense from a management point of view.

quote:

---

The officials acknowledge that budget cuts will impose greater risk on the armed forces if they are again ordered to carry out two large-scale military actions at the same time: Success would take longer, they say, and there would be a larger number of casualties.

---

Obama and the libs - making cars safer to save the Earth - who cares if there are more casualties due to fender benders?

Obama and the libs - cut evil military spending to get extra cash to give to their buddies and their voters - who cares if there are more casualties in a two front war?

Great news. You can't be serious about fixing our financial position if the military is off the table. They could take a machete to the pentagon budget and still have the most powerful force in the world by many times over.

quote:

---

Pentagon plants to shrink army to pre WW2 level

---

U.S. government agencies face use-it-or-lose-it budget rules each fiscal year. They either spend the funds Congress has allocated or return them to the Treasury. Simply allowing agencies to roll over unused funding into the subsequent ?scal year would be a huge improvement with no impact on quality whatsoever.

quote:

---

Simply allowing agencies to roll over unused funding into the subsequent ?scal year would be a huge improvement with no impact on quality whatsoever.

---

Yep, 100% in favor of that.

What gets me is the number of posters on this board, who seem to think that the US can retreat from the world, without any significant risk to our safety and interests.

They also have no problem with ceding power to the Russians and Chinese, who will then be calling the tune, to which the US will have to dance.

How old are these posters, and were they not taught US History in school?

quote:

---

They also have no problem with ceding power to the Russians and Chinese

---

We currently spend more than 4X-China and 7X Russia on our military. Our military budget comprises 40% of the entire world's military expenditures.

quote:

---

most of the people in the military are there because it is a job first

---

yeah ... I can remember Daddy the Vietnam Vet saying ... "Son, if you want to get rich with a nice, cushy job ... don't be a doctor, or a lawyer, or even of one those Wall St. guys ... join the military, because that's where the money's at."





At that point in time, not sure if the complete BS job of "community organizer" had been invented yet.

quote:

---

I wonder what the difference is in military pay spending vs hardware spending...

---

quote:

---

Many of the weapons systems that the Obama administration wanted to retire — such as three Navy cruisers — were kept in. The final did, however, make plans to reduce civilian and contractor personnel by 5 percent over the next five years.







The United States spent more on its military than the next 13 nations combined in 2011

LINK

---