[sickoflibs]

RE :”The annual budget was roughly $660B in FY2012 ($55B/mo).”

I have never seen a figure as low as that.

Below is the US government website that says military spending Fy12 was $902B. But maybe what you are getting at is that the subset of that called ‘Military Defense’ is lower at $716B and that is the only part of the 902B that is being cut. I know the VA benefits $129B are exempt.

usgovernmentspending.com US Defense Spending

[ReaganGeneration2]

Thanks for the correction and clarification!