Posted on 06/07/2016 9:21:19 AM PDT by milton23
The defense budget should be used to pay things that make our country more secure and help the men and women in uniform accomplish their mission. Unfortunately, some in Congress use this funding as a piggy bank for their own unrelated priorities.
In fact, for the current fiscal year, Congress took almost $500 million from the defense budget to pay for non-military research projects. This is the wrong way for Congress to operate, and is particularly concerning given how seriously underfunded our military currently is.
The U.S. military is in rough shape due to crushing budget cuts over the last five years.
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