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Funny political story. hawks say the extra $54 billion is not enough
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:06 pm
quote:I laughed when I read this one. Its a great ploy. ask for the moon and you will get people to stop complaining about the $54 billion.
Some of President Trump’s best friends in Congress sharply criticized his first budget Thursday, with defense hawks saying the proposed hike in Pentagon spending wasn’t big enough, while rural conservatives and others attacked plans to cut a wide range of federal agencies and programs.
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This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 11:08 pm
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Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:13 pm to CelticDog
Many people claiming to be right of center in our country don't want small government, they just want the funding to be allocated for different purposes.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:16 pm to LSUtoOmaha
I want less funding. We need to keep our navy, for certain, but let Europe defend Europe. Let Korea, Taiwan, and Japan defend their lands. How many of your own children are worth the survival of the government of Germany? How many members of your family would you trade for a regime change in Iran?
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:35 pm to CelticDog
Grand total of THREE combat ready brigades are combat ready (out of 58)And half our Navy planes are grounded.
What?BTW F-18'S are barely operational
Yea,I know it doesn't fit your little Daily Kos/MSNBC narrative but there are serious upgrades needed in our military.
Hey at least we're up to 3 brigades up from TWO in '13
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What?BTW F-18'S are barely operational
Yea,I know it doesn't fit your little Daily Kos/MSNBC narrative but there are serious upgrades needed in our military.
Hey at least we're up to 3 brigades up from TWO in '13
LINK
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Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:38 pm to CelticDog
Defense spending is tied to our international commitments. Looking at you NATO.
You want to spend less on defense then drawback our commitments overseas.
You want to spend less on defense then drawback our commitments overseas.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:59 am to RD Dawg
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Grand total of THREE combat ready brigades are combat ready (out of 58)And half our Navy planes are grounded.
What?BTW F-18'S are barely operational
Yea,I know it doesn't your little Daily Kos/MSNBC fantasy world but there are serious upgrades needed in our military.
Hey at least we're up to 3 brigades up from TWO in '13
LINK
How many combat brigades do say, Russia, China, the UK, France and other comparable nations, all of whom spend a fraction of what we do on defense, how many brigades do they have ready?
Because either A) they each have a directly proportional amount of men ready based on the amount they spend or B) combat readiness isn't based entirely on the amount spent in total on the armed forces and we could actually do more with less.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 6:18 am to CelticDog
quote:
Some of President Trump’s best friends in Congress
Huh? I don't think he has any friends in Congress bc they're for themselves & he's for 'Merica
Posted on 3/17/17 at 7:15 am to RD Dawg
quote:
Grand total of THREE combat ready brigades are combat ready (out of 58)And half our Navy planes are grounded.
What?BTW F-18'S are barely operational
Yea,I know it doesn't fit your little Daily Kos/MSNBC narrative but there are serious upgrades needed in our military.
So trim the absurd amount of fat in the military budget and fix the fricking problem
Republitards want to talk about how government and beuraeucracy is inefficient.. but ignore that the military fits the same description
Posted on 3/17/17 at 7:16 am to bmy
quote:Good idea. What do you think they fat in the military is?
So trim the absurd amount of fat in the military budget and fix the fricking problem
Posted on 3/17/17 at 7:20 am to Mephistopheles
quote:Its not, and the definition used to determine what makes a combat brigade ready is at best dubious.
B) combat readiness isn't based entirely on the amount spent in total on the armed forces and we could actually do more with less.
There's a lot of fat and needless spending in the military but if I started mentioning the most obvious ones that would save the most with the least amount of impact you wouldn't want to hear them.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 7:21 am to Mephistopheles
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we could actually do more with less.
Of course we could, but this is the USA we're talking about. We have to waste .75 of every dollar we spend on wanton corruption and pointless regulations to keep that freedom ringing baw.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 7:22 am to CelticDog
McCain is one such hawk.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 7:27 am to Revelator
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McCain is one such hawk
You misspelled douche
Posted on 3/17/17 at 8:12 am to bmy
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Republitards want to talk about how government and beuraeucracy is inefficient.. but ignore that the military fits the same description
While this is - to a certain degree - a fair critique of the GOP (and traditional - the GOP's entire history of success is based on the success of the Grand Army of the Republic and successor organizations - of which I am a ~30 veteran) - at the very least defense is a clearly delineated constitutional function of the federal government.
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So trim the absurd amount of fat in the budget covering all kinds of shite that aren't in the Constitution and fix the fricking problem
That's just as valid an argument to make as yours.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 8:16 am to bmy
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Republitards want to talk about how government and beuraeucracy is inefficient.. but ignore that the military fits the same description
I don't. Every single government program has waste. Cut the fat please.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 8:19 am to CelticDog
You snivelling pussyfart liberals don't realize the neglect and damage the idiot who infected the White House from '09 to '17 did to the military. You have mechanized howitzer (Paladin) battalions that have 40% of their equipment deadlined, meaning non-deployable or combat ready due to neglected maintenance issues. We should double the increase in military spending.
Posted on 3/18/17 at 1:41 am to Ace Midnight
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That's just as valid an argument to make as yours.
agree for the most part.. i'm all about cutting costs without sacrificing performance
Posted on 3/18/17 at 2:11 am to CelticDog
Where did the 54 billion number come from? Did the military request this or did Trump just decide it was needed? And how is it going to be allocated in the military?
It seems like a completely unnecessary waste of money. Are we safer because of this? If so who the frick from?
It seems like a completely unnecessary waste of money. Are we safer because of this? If so who the frick from?
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