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MADem

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11. That's not the national budget, though.

Reply to unhappycamper (Reply #7)

Sat Sep 28, 2013, 11:42 AM

Sep 2013

That's the President's nest egg. He is--after all--the Commander in Chief. That's his "discretionary" spending proposal--not his MANDATORY spending proposal.

That looks more like this:

It's easy to make something look worse than it is. I think we could reduce our military spending enormously without much if any risk to our national security, but I do NOT want to do that on the backs of veterans--and that's usually where Congress goes when they look for efficiencies.

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Pentagon could cut thousands more employees, save $50 billion, says study by former chiefs [View all] unhappycamper Sep 2013 OP

"Reforming pension and health programs." Stargazer09 Sep 2013 #1

More force shaping ahead! Early outs, tougher PT tests, more drug testing, etc.... MADem Sep 2013 #2

They should be eliminating most of the contractor and replacing them with qualified returning ... Historic NY Sep 2013 #4

That ends up costing more in some cases. MADem Sep 2013 #5

Your are incorrect. westerebus Sep 2013 #9

No, I'm not. In the end--and I see nothing wrong with this practice, but it is a fact--the vet MADem Sep 2013 #10

We get 5 points for being veterns on the exams we take for qualification too. westerebus Sep 2013 #12

No, I don't this is "unfair" at all. It's a benefit of service. MADem Sep 2013 #13

I am in no way being "shitty" with you. westerebus Sep 2013 #14

Then do it! gopiscrap Sep 2013 #3

Sounds good, but that's another 110,000 on the street... TreasonousBastard Sep 2013 #6

From my perspective the problem starts here: unhappycamper Sep 2013 #7

Always has been, but... TreasonousBastard Sep 2013 #8

That's not the national budget, though. MADem Sep 2013 #11

The military budget is in discretionary spending, not mandatory spending. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #15

And discretionary spending is less than a third of the total budget. MADem Sep 2013 #16

And the military budget comes out of the same (Discretionary) pie as Labor, Education, Science, etc. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #17

Yes, it's 57 percent of thirty percent. nt MADem Sep 2013 #18