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You dont have to be a liberal to recognize there are significant areas for cuts in the DoD budget, just like there are in every area of the fed. We continue to pay for pork projects solely because certain congressmen lobby for them, not because the military wants them. We continue to spend money on R and D projects with concepts sold by contractors that never come to fruition. Defense contractors hire retired colonels and generals, then get them to pitch concepts for contracts awarded and signed by general and colonols that are about to retire and end up working at...shockingly...that same defense contractor. They then have 7-10 years to run the project and if the idea is accepted after the investment then MORE cash is dumped into the program...if it is rejected (and MOST concepts never get beyond the concept and R and D stage) then the contract just expires and they move on to some new sales pitch.
Oh, no, no, no! Everyone KNOWS we need $500 screwdrivers and $1000 toilet seats