Carly Fiorina’s Military Would Cost an Extra $500 Billion (And That’s Before the New Nukes)
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GOP presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina put forward an ambitious plan for expanding the U.S. military during the Republican debate Wednesday night. One thing she didn’t mention: How much her plan would cost.
The answer: more than $500 billion—on top of the more than the $5 trillion the Pentagon plans to spend over the next 10 years.
“We need the strongest military on the face of the planet, and everyone has to know it,” Fiorina said Wednesday night, offering specifics about what that would mean under her presidency
She said she wants 50 Army brigades, 36 Marine battalions, between 300 and 350 naval ships, and an upgrade of “every leg of the nuclear triad.” These numbers seem to be pulled straight from a report released by the conservative Heritage Foundation this year. The conservative think tank says a U.S. military of this size is necessary so that it has the ability to fight and win two major wars at the same time.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/17/carly-fiorina-s-military-would-cost-an-extra-500-billion-and-that-s-before-the-new-nukes.html
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while bankrupting the country...... 
