[Always A Marine]

Very interesting article. There's no question that making the Bush tax cuts permanent and fixing the Alternative Minimum Tax trap were huge victories - and I still can't believe that Obama agreed to those. I just hope the rest of the article comes true, and that the GOP House let's the Sequester do its work.

And fear not, fellow Freepers. The Defense Department is just as drunk on excess cash as the rest of the federal government, wasting tens of billions on programs that have absolutely nothing to do with defense. The Pentagon is bloated with tons of disgusting fat, and needs to go on a diet along with the rest of Washington.

[Tublecane]

It didn’t make the Bush tax cuts permanent, though. Not on the upper earners, at least, which was the big Dem push in the election. The rest are merely not sunsetted anymore, is all and they absolutely WILL raise those taxes again. With our debt and economic growth it is a fait accompli.

Meanwhile Pubs caving on sequestration is an inevitability, as well. Threatened defense cuts turn them into gimme, gimme, gimme libs.

[BobL]

“And fear not, fellow Freepers. The Defense Department is just as drunk on excess cash as the rest of the federal government, wasting tens of billions on programs that have absolutely nothing to do with defense. The Pentagon is bloated with tons of disgusting fat, and needs to go on a diet along with the rest of Washington. “

And you will be there to assure the country that ONLY wasted money gets cut....

Right.

[Future Snake Eater]

The Pentagon is bloated with tons of disgusting fat, and needs to go on a diet along with the rest of Washington.

You're unquestionably correct, but that "disgusting fat" will keep on trucking while the BCTs get cut back and the front-line equipment repairs suffer greatly. Why? Because the people who are in charge wanted that "disgusting fat" in place to begin with.