You lump DOD in with all Federales. DOD is the backbone of defense. Only DOD is getting cut. It’s not across the board.
This is the dumbest thing they could do. The military is an essential service. You can’t just lay off and rehire like in the civilian world.
I agree with you that we need to adequately fund our Defense Department and that you can’t cut and rehire DoD workers like you can other workers. But we have a real problem with spending. The Democrats are not agreeing to 3% cuts in other departments. They have refused to engage on entitlement reform. Their only answer is a massive tax hike that will cripple the economy. $1 trillion + deficits each year are a grave national threat that has to be dealt with. With the Democrats in power and the media covering for them, there is no way to cut $85 billion with sensible entitlement reforms and cuts in other areas. So we are left with this. It is better that continuing on the way we have been going.