Quote:This is hysterical to me. Our military budget is insane and is full of waste (not as bad as DHS though). If we are comparing size to all other military forces on the planet, the US is John Holmes on Cialis standing next to a toothpick. If we reallocate 2% of that budget to things like Education or some other area where the common American can see a benefit it would be fantastic. Gut the military. Please. Look at our annual budget for the past 50 years compared to the rest of the world.

 

How are we supposed to be the world police if we don't pump our military budget? We protect Europe from Russia. We protect Japan and Korea from China. We protect Israel from the entire Middle-East. For us to cut our budget. we would have to see certain "allies" start seriously re-arming. I personally have no problem cutting the military budget (giving it to the DoEducation is a terrible idea, though). I would love to see that money go into the space program or infrastructure. However, if we are going to continue our policies of babying our allies (see NATO) while they spend nothing on their military, then we have to live with a bloated defense budget. Also, there is a ton (a TON) of fraud, waste, and abuse within the military budget. Certain politicians are making mad bank with those hefty defense contracts. If we started cutting down on these bloated defense contracts and started accounting for our spending while simultaneously closing unneeded bases across the world, we wouldn't even have to spend as much yet still be as powerful. Unfortunately this mindset is viewed as isolationist by both the left and the right.

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