re: Why is military spending ignored when its clearly the largest piece?

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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.

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Mil spending definitely needs a hard look given its size as a portion of federal spending, but talking about addressing the deficit or other cutting back spending without touching entitlements is just chin music.