Why is the Most Wasteful Government Agency Not Part of the Deficit Discussion?

[SHRED]

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"U.S. military spending now exceeds the spending of all other countries combined."







http://onthecommons.org/why-most-wasteful-government-agency-not-part-deficit-discussion

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[LiberalFighter]

1. They should do like they do for Social Security

For every dollar those Generals receive from a defense related company they should lose 2 from their pension.

[Ricochet21]

2. Thanks for posting that

exactly the point
we have bases in 175 countries

[spanone]

3. because the good ol usa is owned by the military industrial complex

they are truly the untouchables

[toddwv]

4. It IS a part of the deficit discussion.

Why just two weeks ago, the Pentagon got a double-digit budget increase.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/306-10/6554-pentagon-gets-double-digit-increase

Now THAT'S American Politics at its finest and an example of why we are where we are today.

Barney Frank: "We are at a time of austerity. We are at a time when the important programs, valid programs, are being cut back. The military budget is not on the table. The military is at the table, and it is eating everybody else's lunch."

Well, hey, at least we don't have to worry about eating our peas...the military will more than happy to oblige."

[Aerows]

5. Yeah

and 2.16 billion was just found to have ended up in Taliban hands. the Taliban = 2.16 Billion 1 month in Afghanistan = 6 billion. Funding our own enemies = priceless.

[RC]

9. Gotta keep them war profits rolling in.

What better way then to fund the enemy to keep them afloat. Otherwise we might win. There are only 40 or so, they need all the help they can get.

[saras]

12. How else can we drag out wars against stone-age people if we don't fund them? Otherwise, we'd win

[TBF]

6. The big white elephant no one will talk about ... nt

[Shagbark Hickory]

7. Because all the other countries whos wars we fight will get mad an not want 2 b our friends anymore?

[phantom power]

8. because defense spending is the true 3rd rail of modern politics

[Melissa G]

10. 3rd rail for funding of politicians- The powers that be.

Not for voters who don't seem to count anymore since we vote on unverifiable black boxes counted by the owners.

[chill_wind]

11. K & R. n/t

[Morizovich]

13. BING! O!

RECCED!

[Octafish]

14. Some things are 'Off Limits.'

Were this still a functioning democracy, Pentagon spending would not be one of those things.