HappySqurriel said:
akuma587 said:
And some of the posts in this thread have once again proved that its not how much the government spends that makes people upset, it is what the government spends that money on that makes people upset.
By any stretch of the imagination, our military spending is out of control. Bush's appointee to Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, wholeheartedly agrees. |
There are (basically) 3 responsibilities of a federal government that only they can do; foreign relations, international trade, and national defence. (Practically) everything else can be handled by individuals or lower levels of government, typically more efficiently while offering choice for people. If, in the middle of two wars, your military represents (less than) 20% of your budget this should be a sign that there is a MASSIVE PROBLEM with the other 80% of your budget ... if your Military is approaching 10% of your budget and you're running a deficit at (roughly) 50% of your budget you should (probably) look at cutting all other expenses in half.
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I'm not disagreeing with you. But everyone has to be willing to make sacrifices. We need to get rid of all the sacred cows in terms of balancing the budget. That includes comprehensive entitlement reform, an overhaul of all federal programs, and cuts in defense spending.
This is what I am saying: If you claim to be fiscally conservative but then complain when we address our defense budget problems when people in both parties, including John McCain and Robert Gates, say there is a major problem, it makes you much less credible and verges on hypocrisy.
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