I do not support cutting the actual constitutional parts of the budget. Military spending is not a huge part of the budget, social spending is. I would rather cut govt. employees of the myriad depts, but not defense, our military strength may be all that saves this nation if our economic strength is brought down by socialism.
In this I feel Paul is wrong, and we must not cave to the dems in any way.
Exactly, that’s precisely what I mean. And, when anyone uses the term “compromise” with the Dems after an historic wipeout you know there something REALLY wrong with them.
Actually, defense is around 20% of the budget, and is one of the 3 largest pieces (SSI and Medicare/caid the other two.)
There are probably places in defense where government largesse wins out that could be trimmed back without hindering our ability to fight.
It appears as if Paul shares his fathers sentiments on foreign policy and military cuts.