Plus, the Dept of Energy does some needed research I think.
Posted on 01/07/2011 3:04:33 PM PST by katiedidit1
Gates Recommends $78 Billion in Defense Cuts: Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday that the Pentagon's budget will cut programs and overhead by $78 billion over the next five years through the cancelation of high-cost weapons programs, and through personnel and management efficiencies. His recommendations are just proposals. More details will be known when the president releases his FY 2012 federal budget request in February or March. Notable reductions and changes could include: · DOD would cut its number of contractors, freeze government civilian salaries, reduce senior civilian billets, and reduce (from 900 to 800) the number of general/flag officers within the services. The secretary also said the new defense budget will propose moderate Tricare fee increases (of an undetermined amount) for working-age military retirees. VFW Resolution 413, passed at the 111th National Convention in August, opposes any Tricare increase, and urges moving the authority to set or increase such fees from DOD to Congress
(Excerpt) Read more at VFW.org ...
Curious as to how much of an increase in Tricare will be applied to working age retirees.
Check out this url...http://thevfw.blogspot.com/2011/01/vfw-washington-weekly.html
It’s my understanding that Gates is really not making those cuts. He’s simply moving the money to other places.
The VFW details the proposed cuts. Some are necessary while others I question.
For every dollar cut in Defense, cut 3 dollars from Depts of Energy, Education and Labor
We give 6 billion dollars a year to the UN. Billions in foreign aid..we should stop giving away foreign aid until our own economy becomes solvent.
You would think they’d START cutting there 1st.
The annual DoD budget is about $780 billion. So he’s talking about 2% cut.
Not enough. Not even close.
You could zero out the Depts of Energy, Education and Labor. It would not be enough. Not even close.
Sounds good
Gotta start somewhere
heretic.
May they have mercy on you when the thought police come for your sorry rear..
I think it would be more accurate to say that Gates is not making these cuts. Obama is.
Get rid of the EPA which has cost this nation billions; stop bail outs; stop billions to the UN and nations that hate us; stop paying the medical, educational and food stamps tab for illegals...all should be stopped now.
Education is also heavily subsidized by local taxes.
Might I suggest as the first DoD cut, the funds for the Teddy Kennedy Ant-American Institute?
Fixed!
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