Cuts are going to come. They will hit everywhere. Defense will be hit hard. I think most people understand that. But saying "Let's cut Defense" is easy -- everyone says that and they have done so for years.
Let's go beyond the easy stuff -- what else needs to be cut?
OK, lets play the democrats game. They always make the statement that Bush was “stupid” for cutting taxes during a war. “Who DOES that?” they ask. Well, what sense does it make to cut defense during THREE wars, then?
Much of what DOD spends is 45+ years of political donor palm greasing, ditto for any program, especially Medicare.
We are retired Military, they just repaved a good commissary parking lot on a Tue, when foot traffic of the old is high, it’s closed on Mon. Made a lot of people sick from the smell, did a poor job of it, it is in worst shape than before the repaving.
Yet we have those very heavy walk through doors, that now need to be pushed open remaining unfixed.
Repaving the parking lot was a waste of $$ it had another 5 years in it. Wasn’t even damaged in the May ‘10 flood.
Defense, SS, Medicare/Caid will have to be cut severely in order for the Republic to survive. No other programs/entitlements come close to spending as much as those three. Both repubs and dems know this.
Just wish Obama wasnt the one to do it.