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Cutting it in half sounds great...to be sure. And the 20-30 million military, civilian, contractor, support, and other personnel...well...its not like unemployment would be a problem. To say nothing of the devastation to local economies across the country.
'cutting' isnt a simple proposition. It can be done...but not without some real thought.
There will always be people employed supporting any subsidized industry. But if you take away the subsidy then they will find better jobs due to the growth in the economy from less tax and the fact that what they are then doing is actually wealth creating. It would take a little time but that's got to happen some time.
When you are spending more on war than the rest of the world combined you have a problem. When you have the best tec and a vast quality advantage over your foes as well you have a fixation. When there is no real threat to the political situation and your vast armed forces are chasing shadows they them selves probably created you have lost all sanity and there is a con going on.