I call fabricated BS they still get a 95% increase in money,all the sequester did was cut 5% out of the increase in spending that they were going to recieve.At least thats my understanding,,am I wrong?
Defense is the one department taking real cuts.
The DoD, via the 2011 Budget Control Act, must "pay" for 50% of all Sequester cuts, despite it being 18% of the budget. All mandatory spending (Entitlements), are exempt. That means Food Stamps, TANF welfare, Social Security Disability - they feel zero reductions because there are none for them. Those programs, however, are 63% of all spending and are exploding.
For the military, the 9% cut is actually a 13% cut for FY13 spending, because they delayed Sequestration's implementation. Compounding the problem for the military is that military pay is exempt, as are most procurement dollars this far into the fiscal year. That means Operations and Maintenance is being eviscerated.
The military was given some O&M money when the Continuing Resolution passed, but it was less than 1/4 of what Congress just took from them with the Sequester.
The Air Force is standing down combat wings, the Navy is down 60% in O&M funds, and the Army has only 20% of O&M funds left for the year.
This is a disaster to the US military.