I think if Obama proposed cutting the military budget, he would be pretty much writing his own death warrant. Seriously. My impression of Americans is that they are a military obsessed society. America is a right wing conservative country and they love things that go boom. I don't see this changing any time soon. Even if Obama had the balls to cut US military spending, the cuts would be token at best.
I believe that the US spends about 700 Billion officially on its military every year. I am very sceptical of that number. I betcha it's much more than that. I remember reading somewhere the cost of operating the missile silos come out of the Department of the Interior's budget (or at least, not the Pentagon). Also, the cost of the wars is not included in the annual military budget, or the cost of Corporate Welfare that goes to Defence Contractors.
Anyway, suffice it to say that it's a lot of money and a lot of powerful people don't want to give up that money (read their money) any time soon. If Obama ever proposed cutting the military say in half (which would still leave a massive military) I fear he would end up shot.
As Eisenhower once said, "Beware the Industrial Military Complex"
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Originally Posted by roachboy
what makes you think the debt is a problem? there's an entire school of economics that's got a far better actual track record that the monetarist nonsense that you subscribe to that doesn't see debt as a particular issue. so there's no pressing need to "address" it. so there's no rationale for cuts, particularly not in a situation of transition/crisis.
it's the same hoodoo that got us here in the first place. it didn't work, it won't work, it can't work.
so why should anyone listen to what conservatives have to say about this topic?
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Yes, they are known as the "Free Lunch Society"
Most Americans are big believers in the Free Lunch. They want all the goodies government should provide, they want to pay no tax, and they think that it all makes perfect sense.