US defense budget could be trimmed by 1 trillion $ over the next 10 years

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How long till Hannity proclaims this is hurting our national security?  And McCain toolishly agrees?

And then they complain about the deficit?

It is hurting our national security. I understand some of the people here who want military cuts, but $1 trillion being cut from our defense is going way too far.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

How long till Hannity proclaims this is hurting our national security?  And McCain toolishly agrees?

And then they complain about the deficit?

It is hurting our national security. I understand some of the people here who want military cuts, but $1 trillion being cut from our defense is going way too far.

Explain why.

Given how much we spend, I echo Franzl's question to TC.......whose answers I respect.

I understand those who say we're overspending on defense, but I can't support a $1 trillion cut because that's far too extreme. I don't know exactly how much we're spending right now, but I'm certain that $1 trillion represents a very large portion of our defense, and such a large, sudden cut in our defense is too risky.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

How long till Hannity proclaims this is hurting our national security?  And McCain toolishly agrees?

And then they complain about the deficit?

It is hurting our national security. I understand some of the people here who want military cuts, but $1 trillion being cut from our defense is going way too far.

Explain why.

Given how much we spend, I echo Franzl's question to TC.......whose answers I respect.

I understand those who say we're overspending on defense, but I can't support a $1 trillion cut because that's far too extreme. I don't know exactly how much we're spending right now, but I'm certain that $1 trillion represents a very large portion of our defense, and such a large, sudden cut in our defense is too risky.

The article that started this thread says we'll spend about $650 billion this year.   Assuming it doesn't increase yearly (which it does, but let's just say that it doesn't), that's $6.5 trillion a decade.  So $1 trillion in cuts is 15%.

Not too much IMO.

Thank you. So, it's actually cutting $100 billion from the $650 billion annual budget?

[RIP Robert H Bork]

It is hurting our security. We won't be able to afford missiles or defense systems anymore and Al-Qaida will crash a plane into the Sears Tower.

So $550 bil isn't enough to stop Al-Qaeda but $650 bil--$100 of that deemed by the Defense Department themselves to useless and wasteful--is?
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How long till Hannity proclaims this is hurting our national security?  And McCain toolishly agrees?

And then they complain about the deficit?

It is hurting our national security. I understand some of the people here who want military cuts, but $1 trillion being cut from our defense is going way too far.

Explain why.

Given how much we spend, I echo Franzl's question to TC.......whose answers I respect.

I understand those who say we're overspending on defense, but I can't support a $1 trillion cut because that's far too extreme. I don't know exactly how much we're spending right now, but I'm certain that $1 trillion represents a very large portion of our defense, and such a large, sudden cut in our defense is too risky.

The article that started this thread says we'll spend about $650 billion this year.   Assuming it doesn't increase yearly (which it does, but let's just say that it doesn't), that's $6.5 trillion a decade.  So $1 trillion in cuts is 15%.

Not too much IMO.

Thank you. So, it's actually cutting $100 billion from the $650 billion annual budget?

On average.  I imagine the amount cut would increase yearly to fit the budget's yearly increase (i.e. $35 billion cut this year, $45 bil cut next year, $350 bil cut in the final year, etc)

Oh, ok.

The defense budget should be at least halved.

Absolutely not! Now, that's going too far.