Reducing growth is not cutting.
I'll remember that when they come to reduce the growth in Medicare and Social Security. Interesting. So you don't consider the Ryan Plan to have cut Medicare spending?
However, you are still incorrect - because they are indeed
cutting DOD, and have already in real terms.
Most of the war spending was on a war in Iraq we were lied into on behalf of big oil, and that war ends at the end this month.
which doesn't alter the fact that they represent a cut to DOD when DOD had to cover those costs in the slightest.
And pray tell, while we would simultaneously start two wars at the same time we cut revenues??? We have never done that before in history!
we didn't 'cut' revenues - we went through a small recession which caused revenues to dip, similar to 2009-2010.
Since I don't happened to be skeered of my shadow, yes. Those are the facts Jack!
no, they aren't. specifically, they are Chinese Communist Party
lies.
Yep, and our military budget is nearly twice what it was before our optional wars.
A) it's not optional for the military.
B) the fact that you tried to quote figures for
2010 to disprove the
FACT that cuts have already been part of
2011 remains.
C) the fact that even the administrations
OWN SECDEF says that these cuts are irresponsible and dangerous
remains.
That is why it is so absurd to think that $600 billion over a decade will hurt defense. Hell, we could cut $300 billion in one year and we would still be the biggest spender on military on the planet!
yes and no - the trick when you occupy the hegemon position is that you have to outweigh all competitors in their region.
furthermore, that 300 Billion would - paradoxically - actually be much harder to collect, as our economy would have collapsed.
Mind you, the DOD's two biggest expenses are benefits, and personnel. So I have to ask - when you want to cut it in half, do you want to screw over
retired veterans, or the veterans who are still active duty?