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re: Why is military spending ignored when its clearly the largest piece?
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:06 pm to islandtiger
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:06 pm to islandtiger
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The critical fact is that defense spending comprises over half of all discretionary spending.
Which my previous graph showed pales in comparison to SS and entitlement spending. Military spending is literally a third of what we spend on entitlements.
We could multiply our military by three and equal what we spend on entitlements. It's out of control.
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:06 pm to Tigerdev
quote:Indeed.
Well most people on the board are trump supporters. Trump wants to raise the budget
The infrastructure and even the wall, I'm okay with.
Increasing military spending is silly.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:06 pm to NIH
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Yet, people on here celebrate cutting some small potato programs as if it is some kind of victory. The three areas pictured above dominate our spending yet no one wants to touch them. We are fricked.
One of those is not like the other ones...
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:08 pm to Centinel
So?
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:09 pm to NIH
One needs to be reduced. The other two need to be completely eliminated.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:10 pm to fareplay
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I believe repaying the debt starts with cutting non-essential functions. Arts? Sure cut it, but 1B is nothing. Do we really need all the equipment? Do we really need all the personnel? I read that even if we cut military spending by HALF, we are still the largest spenders? There you go folks, you want lower taxes? You want to pay debts? Cut the military.
There are 3.5 million people working in the defense industry and those jobs support another 3 million workers in ancillary industries.
Cut Military spending by 50% and 3+ million people will lose their jobs.
No politician is ready for that shite storm.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:11 pm to Tigerdev
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rules and oversight are what bog it down
You mean regulations bog things down? Whodathunkit
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:14 pm to fareplay
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The Constitution was written when there was massive invasion in US soil. They also wrote that women and blacks could not vote nor work on same basis as white males. Its outdated
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fareplay
Do you actually attend or have attended A&M? alum? How can you ask these questions and not know anything about the Corp, and traditions at A&M and the thousands of former students who have paid ultimate price for our freedoms.?? Sounds like you are a UT Austin fan..
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:16 pm to Tigerdev
I agree with that. There are jobs that we can cut from the military. My thoughts are mostly focused on the Marine Corps because it's familiar.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:16 pm to fareplay
quote:I'm embarrassed for you.
The Constitution was written when there was massive invasion in US soil.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:17 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
I thought we hated forced insurance
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:19 pm to fareplay
Military spending isn't the biggest. Where did you get your inofrmation?
Medicare and Medicade-$831 Billion
Military and Homeland Security-$737 Billion
Granted, these figures are from 2009....
LINK
But military "clearly the largest piece"? You were only off by $100 Billion dollars (That's just to get even...then whatever amount would have made it "clearly the largest piece"
Medicare and Medicade-$831 Billion
Military and Homeland Security-$737 Billion
Granted, these figures are from 2009....
LINK
But military "clearly the largest piece"? You were only off by $100 Billion dollars (That's just to get even...then whatever amount would have made it "clearly the largest piece"
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:19 pm to NC_Tigah
Fair enough. The dems have been clamoring for infrastructure for years... Im down. Im just confused about the fact that conservatives have been complaining about deficit for years against Obama. And yet on their turn they go deficit neutral.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:21 pm to DawgsLife
quote:But Medicare and Medicaid are not discretionary spending.
Military spending isn't the biggest. Where did you get your inofrmation?
Medicare and Medicade-$831 Billion
Military and Homeland Security-$737 Billion
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:21 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
Marine Corps probably has the least to cut i would think
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:22 pm to Tigerdev
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Well most people on the board are trump supporters. Trump wants to raise the budget
Really?
1. How many years did Obama raise the budget?
2. Did you complain about Obama raising the budget?
3. Why not? (See? I already knew the answers to questions 1 and 2.)
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:23 pm to fareplay
needs to be cut A LOT
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:26 pm to Tigerdev
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Marine Corps probably has the least to cut i would think
If I were making that decision, it'd be the Navy.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:30 pm to Loserman
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There are 3.5 million people working in the defense industry and those jobs support another 3 million workers in ancillary industries. Cut Military spending by 50% and 3+ million people will lose their jobs. No politician is ready for that shite storm.
To be fair, this kind of thing is said about every industry when cuts are discussed.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:35 pm to Tigerdev
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Marine Corps probably has the least to cut i would think
Considering they're the smallest, you would be correct.
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